Frank Garcia (magic)

Infobox_Person


Name = Frank Garcia
Background = close up magician
Birth_name = Frank Garcia
nationality = American
known_for = sleight of Hand, card magic,card sharp
Alias =Frank Garcia
Born = birth date and age|1927|05|08|df=y
Manhattan, New York
DateOfDeath = Dda|1993|07|15|1993|9|11
Occupation = Magician
birth_place = Manhattan, New York, USA flagicon|New York Born May 08, 1927
death_cause = natural causes
occupation = magician, performer, teacher,author
death_date = July 15, 1993Frank Garcia (May 8, 1927 - July 15, 1993) was a magician and professsional gambler.

History

Frank Garcia was a very popular magician who was known as "The Man With The Million Dollar Hands." His specialty was gambling scams and cheating.

Son of Spanish immigrants. He decided to become a magician after seeing a performance of Fu Manchu (David Bamberg). [cite web |url=http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioFG.htm |title=Biographies Page F-G]

As "The Gambling Investigator" he demonstrated and exposed cheating methods at trade shows and to law enforcement organizations throughout the United States and on television shows. Frank Garcia wrote and lectured about the subject throughout his life. [cite web |url=http://www.cardcheaters.com/garcia-frank.htm |title=Frank Garcia - CardCheater.com]

Frank Garcia made "close-up" work his domain. His repertory of card manipulations, sponge-ball magic, cups and balls, and sleight-of-hand was highly regarded by his peers. [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFDD1E31F933A15754C0A965958260 |title=A Master Magician Who Aided the Police]

Published Works

Frank was write 22 books on his life.The books was writen about a card cheating and gambling.The famous books were:
* Marked Cards And Loaded Dice (1962) which was later released as How To Detect Crooked Gambling (1977)
* All In A Nutshell (1974)
* Don't Bet On It ! (1978)

Death

Frank was died in age 66 on July 15 1993 by natural causes.

See also

*List of magicians
*Magicians
*Card magic
*sleight of hand

External Links

* [http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Frank_Garcia Frank Garcia MagicPedia entry]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k1eCcwA1sOXjhmJyyR Frank Garcia performing the Three Shell game]
* [http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioFG.htm Frank Garcia short biography]
* [http://www.magictricks.com/bios/whoswho-s.htm Who's who in magic history]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFDD1E31F933A15754C0A965958260 Frank Garcia Obituary - New York Times]

Reference

External links

*http://www.cardcheaters.com/garcia-frank.htm