{"id":956,"date":"2013-09-03T14:48:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T06:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog?p=956"},"modified":"2013-09-03T14:48:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T06:48:36","slug":"magician-abb-dickson-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/magician-abb-dickson-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Magician Abb Dickson Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"

From word through Gary Bartlett, I have heard that master magician & illusionist Abb Dickson is quite ill. This is sad news indeed…<\/p>\n

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According to Gary, Abb’s on-going illness has taken a turn for the worse. Gary speaks to him a couple times a week. Unfortunately he is starting to become more forgetful than before and undergoing dialysis. Apparently he has lost about 140 pounds, and that is a lot, as Abb was always been a big guy.<\/p>\n

He is off of email altogether now and phone calls are not ideal (due to the memory loss issues). Can be expected to all us as we get older… Cards and letters are best.<\/p>\n

Contact me personally<\/a> for the address and I will forward it to those of you want to write to him. It would sure lift his spirits I am sure.<\/p>\n

My own personal connection with Abb (and my first meeting Abb) was in the 1970’s as a teenager in Orlando, Florida (in the USA, where I grew up). As a teenager I worked as an on-stage assistant in his famous show “Presto,<\/em>” when it appeared at the Florida State Magicians Association<\/a> Convention in Orlando.<\/p>\n

I always was always thankful to Bev Bergeron<\/a> for than opportunity. It really gave me a look being the scenes at a young age of what goes on in putting together a large illusion show. The personally signed poster to me from his Presto<\/em> show is one of my most prized possessions and sits beatifically framed in my collection room.<\/p>\n