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Jack Dean
(Memphis, Tennessee: 20th November 1926 - )
Learned at age 8 from his brother and a neighbor kid's magic set. Semi-pro school shows since age c12, adding mentalism in high school. A professional mechanical engineer until retired in 1986.
Edited-published The Mentalist 1964-65. Full-time dealer ("Jack Dean's Stagecraft") in Memphis, Tennessee, since 1987, catering mainly to mentalists. Inventor-maker of marketed effects, particularly electronic. Does occasional kid shows.
Wrote Psychic Sight (1994, 29pp), The Enforcer (27pp), The Equivoque Choice (35pp), and Soothsayer (47pp). Tricks and articles in Linking Ring, Mental-Wise, Magic Thesaurus, The Mentalist, Invocation, and New Invocation.
Coauthors: Don Tanner
