| LC control no. | n 78004956 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jay, Ricky |
| Variant(s) | Potash, Richard Jay |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Elizabeth (N.J.) |
| Birth date | [1946,1948] |
| Death date | 2018-11-24 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Entertainers Authors Magicians Actors |
| Found in | His Cards ... c1977: t.p. (Ricky Jay) Waters, T.A. The encyclopedia of magic and magicians, 1988: p. 183 (Jay, Ricky; b. 1948; performer and writer) Internet movie database, Jan. 30, 1997 (Ricky Jay; actor) Biog. resource center, April 23, 3004 (Ricky Jay; also known as: Ruth Spalding, Marion Jay, Lucile Spalding, Ruth O'Brien; b. ca. 1949, Brooklyn, N.Y.; illusionist; former curator of the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts) Internet movie database, April 23, 2004 (Ricky Jay; b. 1948, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Jay is noted as one of magic's expert card technicians) Wikipedia, July 18, 2013 (Ricky Jay; born Richard Jay Potash, 1948, Brooklyn, NY; American stage magician, actor, and writer; he performed on Hal Willner's Rogue's gallery: pirate ballads, sea songs, and chanteys, as well as its follow-up) New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 26, 2018 (in obituary published Nov. 25: Ricky Jay; b. Richard Jay Potash, 1948 (or 1946), Brooklyn; soon moved with his family to Elizabeth, N.J.; d. Saturday [Nov. 24, 2018]; believed to be 70, although some sources said he was 72; master-showman magician, actor, scholar, special effects consultant, and author who was called "the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive" by writers for the most prestigious publications of his time) |
| Associated language | eng |
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