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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/gloria-dea-1st-magician-on-las-vegas-strip-dies-at-age-100/"></div>LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100. Dea died Saturday at her Las Vegas residence, said LaNae Jenkins, the director of clinical services for Valley Hospice, who was one of Dea’s caretakers. […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings ...

Gloria Dea, who was touted as the first magician to perform on what became the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died at the age of 100.

Magician Gloria Dea died on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 100. She starred in films, including "King of the Congo" and "Plan 9 From Outerspace."

Gloria Dea's 1941 show at the Roundup Room was the first recorded appearance by a magician in Las Vegas.

Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100.