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(Contact Music) Sad For his last trick, comedy magician Carl Ballantine disappears at 92   (contactmusic.com) divider line 24
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downstairs [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 05:42:30 PM
The Great Ballantine!

/RIP
 
AdolfOliverPanties [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 05:44:26 PM
I honestly thought he died years ago. Same with Soupy Sales.
 
Cewley [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 05:51:50 PM
my favorite mchales navy guy! joe flynn - dead or alive?
 
jmotlus [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 07:28:10 PM
Joe Flynn died july 19th 1974 @ the age of 49, due to drowning in his swimming pool weighted down by a cast on his leg, after he had a heart attack.
 
AaronSynn
2009-11-05 07:45:06 PM
Oh sad...Just saw something from the 80's with him in it...Even then he was looking ancient.
 
Japancakes
2009-11-05 07:58:26 PM
 
Trey Le Parc
2009-11-05 07:59:28 PM
jmotlus: Joe Flynn died july 19th 1974 @ the age of 49, due to drowning in his swimming pool weighted down by a cast on his leg, after he had a heart attack.

Cool story, bro!
 
Chakro [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 08:02:10 PM
Didn't know he was still alive. He was an original, corny, funny man. R.I.P Lester.
 
Harry_Seldon
2009-11-05 08:05:56 PM
Can you say "Nip sub!" on TV anymore?
 
jojostan
2009-11-05 08:06:21 PM
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goodnight sweet beerman..
 
clevins
2009-11-05 08:31:05 PM
Illusion micheal, tricks are what whores do for money...or cocaine.
 
Delawheredad
2009-11-05 08:36:15 PM
Man is that a blast from the past! He was one of the first comedian/illusionists and really wasn't supplanted as the best until Penn and Teller appeared on the scene.
 
elvisaintdead [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 08:38:06 PM
i96.photobucket.com

Has no remorse, the bastage.
 
Fano
2009-11-05 09:26:32 PM
clevins: Illusion micheal, tricks are what whores do for money...or cocaine.

Came for this.


Also:
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My last trick was better!
 
Sprachkundige
2009-11-05 09:31:30 PM
Well, that was his job, he was an illusionist.

But he never reappeared.

He wasn't a very good illusionist.
 
Rubber Biscuit
2009-11-05 10:57:10 PM
When will the government do something about the dangers of autoerotic asphyxiation?
 
Coelacanth
2009-11-05 11:02:10 PM
Here's Carl: Link (new window)
 
Fano
2009-11-05 11:08:59 PM
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark]
2009-11-06 12:27:04 AM
Cewley: my favorite mchales navy guy! joe flynn - dead or alive?

Dead. He passed away in 1974.
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark]
2009-11-06 12:33:45 AM
The Fabulous Falconi! (Night Court) was one of my favorite roles for him.
 
JohnnyAqua
2009-11-06 12:47:53 AM
Rip but honestly I thought he died back in the 70's
 
DjangoStonereaver [TotalFark]
2009-11-06 06:16:21 AM
Put me in the "Wow, he was alive!" category.

I had no idea that he was a magician as well as an actor, but he holds a
special place in my heart nevertheless:

There is a classroom building at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ,
called Ballantine Hall, and for years one of the signs had been defaced to
add the word CARL over BALLANTINE.

It was where the Rutgers University Gamers met every Friday night. Possibly
they still do meet there, I don't know.

RIP funny oogy boogy man.
 
stagirite
2009-11-06 09:40:16 AM
The best looking guy you'll ever hear.

/obscure?
//I know, nothing is...
///slashies!
 
stagirite
2009-11-06 09:42:37 AM
Whoops, I fail. Never mind.

/need moar coffee
 
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