JC Wagner's battle with
cancer comes to an end
By Bobby Warren
Nearly nine months after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor, J.C. Wagner's battle with colon cancer ended. The beloved bar magician died Aug. 15, 2010.
A simple announcement about Wagner's death was posted on a page on the magician's website designed to keep friends updated about his health. It read, "We are sad to announce that JC Wagner died peacefully this evening at 7:11 PM with his family in attenance."
Magicians were visting Wagner's website before his death and leaving him messages in his online guestbook. Among them was Michael Finney. About 16 hours before Wagner died, Finney wrote his old friend, "Dear JC, What would I have done without you at Magic Island, Man we had some great times, When ever you were around, everybody had a good time, I love you J C Wagner. Thanks for everything!"
News about Wagner's death spread quickly over the Internet and Facebook.
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Rolando Santos: If You Believe, They Will Believe
By Chip MacGregor
Our incoming International President is a big believer in magic. He believes the performance of our art can actually have a “magical” effect on other people. In fact, he knows it’s true from personal experience.
In 1998, while Rolando Santos was living in Madrid and helping launch the second of four CNN news networks around the world, he found himself having dinner at a place called La Cava. While enjoying a great steak, tapas, and wine, he was also reading the Roberto Giobbi card magic book, Giobbi Light. The book had been translated into Spanish long before it made its way to the United States. As Rolando tells it, “I was just fiddling with a deck of cards and making notes in my magic journal. At the table behind me were four women, including an older woman who was obviously the matriarch of the family and her daughters.”
