Paul Le Paul
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Birth Name: Paul Braden
Born: 2 August 1900 Died: 8 June 1958
Country of origin: United States
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Le Paul was born Paul Braden on August 2nd, 1900 in Olney, Illinois. He grew up in St. Louis. As a boy he became interested in magic, particularly card manipulation. He started his professional career around 1920, doing a manipulative act entirely with playing cards. This act was the basis of the act for which he became famous. In 1923 he came upon a British manuscript, published in 1916, which contained a vague description of what is known today as the split-fan production. Le Paul was one of the first to use this sleight professionally and his presentation of it was never excelled. His seminal work, "The Card Magic of Le
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1. Eternally Yours (1939)
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