Gloria Dea, magician rediscovered late in life, dies at 100
“Seven-year-old Gloria Metzner, 3607 Park Boulevard, is the youngest working magician in the world,” The Oakland Tribune of California decla
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Gloria Dea, Magician Rediscovered Late in Life, Dies at 100
She had faded from public view in the last half-century, until some young magicians realized she was probably the first to perform a magic act at a Las Vegas casino.
Source: nytimes.com
The First Magician on the Vegas Strip
Gloria Dea began performing when she was five years old. Even then, she was sassy and self-assured.
Source: newyorker.com
Gloria Dea, the FIRST magician to perform on the Las Vegas Strip, dies at the age of 100
Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died at the age of 100. Dea died on Saturday at her Las Vegas residence.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Las Vegas Strip's first magician celebrates 100th birthday
Gloria Dea's performance at El Rancho Vegas on May 14, 1941 was the first appearance by a magician ever in Las Vegas.
Source: thestar.com.my