David Berglas, a British magician whose sleight-of-hand repertoire included a trick considered “the holy grail of card magic,” died Friday. He was 97.
Known as the “International Man of Mystery,” Berglas was the first magician to have his own program on British television, 1954′s “Meet David Berglas,” according toBerglas revealed most of his secrets after his retirement, including the time he made a grand piano disappear in a London hotel banquet room filled with guests,. Berglas could find a spectator’s chosen card at any number in a deck of cards, the news organization reported.
David Berglas MBE, one of the most influential magicians and mentalists of the 20th century and known as The International Man of Mystery, died last night in London at the age of 97, The Magic Circle has announced.Berglas was awarded an MBE by the Duke of Cambridge in 2018, Berglas was president of The Magic Circle from 1989 to 1998 and worked to admit women into the illusionist society in 1991, according to
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