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avid* Blaine (White), Wiki:

On April 5, 1999, Blaine was entombed in an underground plastic box underneath a 3-ton water-filled tank for seven days across from Trump Place on 68th St. and Riverside Drive. According to CNN, "Blaine's only communication to the outside world was by a hand buzzer, which could have alerted an around-the-clock emergency crew standing by." BBC News reported that the cramped plastic coffin offered six inches (152 mm) of headroom and two inches on each side. During the endurance stunt Blaine ate nothing and drank only two to three tablespoons of water a day.[14] An estimated 75,000 people visited the site, including Marie Blood, Harry Houdini's niece, who said, "My uncle did some amazing things, but he could not have done this."[15] On the final day of the stunt, April 12, hundreds of news teams were stationed at the site for the coffin-opening. A team of construction workers removed a portion of the 75 cubic feet (2.1 m3) of gravel surrounding the six-foot-deep coffin before a crane lifted the water tank.[16] Blaine emerged and told the crowd, "I saw something very prophetic ... a vision of every race, every religion, every age group banding together, and that made all this worthwhile."[14] BBC News stated, "The 26-year-old magician has outdone his hero, Harry Houdini**, who had planned a similar feat but died in 1926 before he could perform it."[17] During the preparation of the stunt, Jonathan Demme told Time Out New York, "He's the most exciting thing in America... and I'm not just talking entertainment."[18]

"Luonnollisesti", David'in äiti on Venäjän juutalainen...  

** Wiki: Harry Houdini was born as Erik Weisz in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on March 24, 1874.[2] His parents were Rabbi Mayer Sámuel Weisz (1829–1892), and Cecília Weisz (née Steiner; 1841–1913). Houdini was one of seven children: Herman M. (1863–1885) who was Houdini's half-brother, by Rabbi Weisz's first marriage; Nathan J. (1870–1927); Gottfried William (1872–1925); Theodore "Theo" (1876–1945);[3] Leopold D. (1879–1962); and Carrie Gladys (born 1882–1959[4]) who was left almost blind after an accident that occurred during her childhood.[5]

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Taitaa ainakin puolet maailman huippuillusionisti-taikureista olla Abrahamin** ja Saaran* jälkeläisiä,
kuten esim. David Copperfield ja Uri Geller:

Early years[edit]
Copperfield was born David Seth Kotkin in Metuchen, New Jersey,[11][12] the son of Jewish parents, Rebecca, an insurance adjuster, and Hyman Kotkin, who owned and operated a men's haberdashery in Metuchen called Korby's.[11] Copperfield's mother was born in Jerusalem, while his paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from USSR (present-day Ukraine).[13][14] In 1974 Copperfield graduated from Metuchen High School.[15]

* Sara = prinsessa; alkuperäinen nimi Sarai = prinsessani!

** avraham = paljouden (raham) isä (av) ?