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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Seven-year-old Gloria Metzner, 3607 Park Boulevard, is the youngest working magician in the world, The Oakland Tribune of California decla
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.
Gloria Dea began performing when she was five years old. Even then, she was sassy and self-assured.
Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what became the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100. One of Dea's caretakers says
Dea was the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s. She also appeared in several movies in the 1940s and '50s.