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Following university, Wakeling did some acting but continued to seek a career in magic. He worked as a demonstrator at two magic shops in Los
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and incorporates them into a new and very effective illusion. However, while
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and inventor who is known in the magic world for devising classic illusions and routines used by some of the top performers in the business. Some of his most successful work was done in association with leading television magician
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