In 1941, when she was a teen-ager, she appeared at the Round-Up Room at the El Rancho Vegas, becoming the first magician known to have performed on the Las Vegas Strip. She was the trifecta of ...

Gloria Dea, the first magician to perform on what would be the Strip, only to be rediscovered in the twilight of her life, has died. She was 100. Dea died of coronary artery disease at 6:35 a.m ...

LAS VEGAS — Gloria Dea, who was touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100. Dea died Saturday at her Las Vegas ...

Her show that night at the hotel’s Roundup Room is the first appearance by a magician ever in Las Vegas. Thursday is Dea’s day. She turns 100 years old, celebrating with several magicians ...

Gloria Dea, the first magician to perform on the Las Vegas Strip in the 1940s, has died. She was 100. Dea, who was born Gloria Metzner in Oakland, California, died Saturday in hospice care at her ...

So, I started watching Criss Angel’s Mindfreak which was the first magic show I ever watched. The stunts were enthralling. Magic being the closest thing to being an actual superhero, one thing ...

He will perform a show of grand-scale illusions, magic and comedy that’s heavy on audience participation. “I’ve been in the Chicago area many times, but this is my first time at the Raue Cen ...

Onstage, she is equal parts storyteller, teacher and magician in shows that reference and evoke Ellen Armstrong, who is believed to be the first Black woman to have a touring magic show in the 1900s.

LAS VEGAS — Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100. Dea died Saturday at her Las Vegas residence ...

LAS VEGAS — Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100. Dea died Saturday at her Las Vegas residence ...