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Another hero gone.

Carl Ballantine dies at 92

I know that he was on McHales Navy and all but I am more interested in his career as a great comic magician.

He was on all the tv variety shows.

His timing was impeccable. He was actually a pretty good magician but it never came out. His tricks all blew up in his face.

The other thing was that, objectively, the act was very simple and plain. Often the same jokes. And he was still hilarious. It is all in the delivery. The innate spirit of the man.

Many laughs over many years. Carl Ballantine. The Worlds Greatest Magician.

I love that he wanted his ashes scattered at Santa Anita. "He loved the ponies".

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