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Bob Cassidy

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| name = Bob Cassidy

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| birth_name = Robert Cassidy

| birth_date = {{birth date |1949|06|23|}}

| birth_place = Kearny, New Jersey, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|2|24|1949|06|23}}

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| occupation = Mentalist, Speaker, Author

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| nationality = American

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| alma_mater = Montclair State University

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Bob Cassidy (born 1949, Kearny, New Jersey – 24 February 2017) was an American mentalist, speaker and author of books in the field, including The Art of Mentalism (1983),{{Citation

| last = Wilmarth

| first = Phil

| title = Hocus In Focus

| journal = The Linking Ring

| volume = 76

| issue = 10

| pages = 115–116

|date=October 1996

}} The Principia Mentalia (1994), and The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy (2004).{{cite web|url=http://www.vikingmagic.com/?nd=full&key=845|title=The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy-H&R|accessdate=16 September 2009}}

Society

In 1978 Cassidy, and fellow mentalists Tony Raven, Scott Gordon, Mary Lynn, and Dian Buehlmeier, founded the Psychic Entertainers Association,{{cite web|url=http://www.p-e-a.org/founders.html|title=Psychic Entertainers Association Founders|accessdate=18 December 2009}} a mentalism international professional society.{{cite web|url=http://www.p-e-a.org/about.html|title=About the Psychic Entertainers Association|accessdate=18 December 2009}}

Awards

1996 David Lederman Memorial Award for Creativity in Mentalism{{cite web|url=http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html|title=Psychic Entertainers Association:Awards|accessdate=29 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007073355/http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html|archivedate=7 October 2011}}

2011 Dunninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Professionalism in the Performance of Mentalism

{{cite web|url=http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html|title=Psychic Entertainers Association:Awards|accessdate=29 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007073355/http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html|archivedate=7 October 2011}}

Books

  • Pseudo-Mentally Yours (1977)
  • The Art of Mentalism (1983)
  • Principia Mentalia, Vol. 1 & 2 (1996)
  • The Art of Mentalism, Vol. 2 (1996)

References

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External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com Video clips of Bob Cassidy in performance]
  • [http://www.lybrary.com/bob-cassidy-m-41.html His author page]

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Category:1949 births

Category:Living people

Category:Mentalists

Category:People from Kearny, New Jersey

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