Rosemary Altea

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Rosemary Altea (born 1946) is a psychic and author. She has appeared on various programs, including "Larry King Live", "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (with Michael Shermer in 1995) and was ridiculed on Penn and Teller's "Bullshit!" in premiere episode, "Talking to the Dead." She has written five books and claims to have a "Healing Society" in England.Fact|date=January 2008

Altea was born in Leicester, England to Lilian and William Edwards, and has two brothers and three sisters.cite news | url=http://www.wma.com/rosemary_altea/bio/ROSEMARY_ALTEA.pdf | title=Rosemary Altea: Biography | publisher=William Morris Talent Agency |date= 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-07-07] Her formal education ended at the age of 16 when she left school and then got married when she was 19. Altea is divorced and has one daughter born in 1970.

In 2001 Altea inherited a farm in Dorset, Vermont from Llewella Day, an elderly cancer victim. Ms. Day changed her will shortly before she died, thereby cutting her family out and leaving the 740,000 dollar farm to Altea, with the desire it remain a working farm. Altea successfully fought Day's family's attempts to invalidate the will, and -- against Ms. Day's wishes -- demolished the farm house to make the farm into a "a healing foundation". [cite news | url= | title=Psychic appeals court ruling
publisher=Rutland Herald |date= September 10, 2001 | first= | last= | accessdate =] [cite news | url=http://www.rahef.org/about/farm.cfm| title=Altea's website |accessdate = 2007-07-08] The family argued in court that Altea used "undue influence to convince a dying woman to change her will." [cite news | url=http://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=Unknown&s=VT%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&d=23694 | title=Rosemary Altea v. Mary Jane Osborne, Lynne August, and Rick and Geraldine Burnet
publisher=morelaw.com |date= 3/9/2003 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-07-07]

Regarding the 2003 "Bullshit!" episode, Kevin Christopher of the "Skeptical Inquirer" wrote that the segment on Altea "was a nice expose of Rosemary Altea during a taped readings arranged by Showtime. Viewers got a clear picture of how she worked the small group of people present for readings prior to the taping in order to glean information for later use. They also learned how her publicist, Joni Evans, seeded the group with people whose biographies were already known to Altea in order to boost her on-camera success." [cite news | url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_3_27/ai_100755210| title=Penn & Teller series exposes paranormal B.S. and gains audience |publisher=Skeptical Inquirer | date=May-June, 2003 | first=Kevin | last=Christopher | accessdate = 2006-12-28]

On January 26, 2007 Altea appeared on "Larry King Live" with skeptic James Randi. When asked on the show to take the One Million Dollar Challenge, she refused to answer whether she would take the test. [cite news | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0701/26/lkl.01.html| title=Altea and James Randi |publisher=Larry King Live | date=January 26, 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2006-12-28]

Books

*"The Eagle and the Rose: A Remarkable True Story." Warner Vision, 1996 ISBN 0446603643
*"" Rodale Books, 2004 ISBN 1579549489
*"You Own the Power: Stories And Exercises To Inspire And Unleash The Force Within." Harper Paperbacks, 2001. ISBN 0060959363
*"Proud Spirit: Lessons, Insights & Healing From 'the Voice Of The Spirit World'." Harper Paperbacks, 1998 ISBN 0688160670
*"Give the Gift of Healing: A Concise Guide to Spiritual Healing." Harper Paperbacks, 2004 ISBN 0060738111

References

External links

* [http://www.rosemaryaltea.com Rosemary Altea] – Official website
* [http://www.randi.org/sylvia/ Video: Larry King with James Randi and Rosemary Altea -- January 26, 2007]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1667668/ Rosemary Altea] on IMDBTranscripts
* [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0003/15/lkl.00.html Larry King Live: Rosemary Altea Discusses `You Own the Power'] March 15, 2000
* [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0106/05/lkl.00.html Larry King Live: Spiritual Medium Versus Paranormal Skeptic] (Altea verses James Randi) June 5, 2001
* [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0212/13/lkl.00.html Larry King Live: Interview With Rosemary Altea] December 13, 2002
* [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0701/26/lkl.01.html Larry King Live: Have Psychics Gone Too Far?] January 26, 2007 (Altea and James Randi)