Don Wayne

{{short description|American designer and consultant}}

{{for|the country music songwriter|Don Wayne (songwriter)}}

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Don Wayne (May 30, 1933 – July 19, 2019) was an American designer and consultant who has developed illusions for some of the world's most famous magicians.{{cite web

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}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He also created and marketed smaller illusions used by many professional performers. He was the owner of the company Don Wayne Magic Inc., which did work for television, theater, theme parks and concert touring productions.

Wayne was named by MAGIC Magazine as one of the "most influential people in magic in the past 100 years". He has received a multitude of industry and peer awards, including The Academy of Magical Arts "Creative Fellowship", International Magicians Society "Magic Illusion Designer and Inventor of the Decade", and an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Visual Effects".{{Cite journal

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|publisher = Magic Magazine Inc.

|date = June 1999

|volume = 8

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