James "The Amazing" Randi dead at 92

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James "The Amazing" Randi dead at 92

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Rest in Peace.

New York Times posted an extensive obituary:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/obit ... -dead.html
James Randi, a MacArthur award-winning magician who turned his formidable savvy to investigating claims of spoon bending, mind reading, fortunetelling, ghost whispering, water dowsing, faith healing, U.F.O. spotting and sundry varieties of bamboozlement, bunco, chicanery, flimflam, flummery, humbuggery, mountebankery, pettifoggery and out-and-out quacksalvery, as he quite often saw fit to call them, died on Tuesday at his home in Plantation, Fla. He was 92.
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Oh, crap!
That's a damn shame. I'm glad he got to make his documentary a few years ago. I purchased a copy and found it rather fascinating and fun to watch.

May he Rest in Peace.
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I have his documentary, but hadn't gotten around to watching it. I intend to watch it this week.
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The documentary is on Prime. I'll have to try to watch it: https://www.amazon.com/Honest-Liar-Jame ... 8&qid=&sr=
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FlyingPenguin wrote:I have his documentary, but hadn't gotten around to watching it. I intend to watch it this week.
SOOO worth it. It's was very entertaining. Wish I would have met him in person.
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