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His next performance is expected to take place in Jakarta, Indonesia.

David Copperfield

1968 Copperfield gave his first performance as a magician, aged 12

1970 He became the youngest person ever admitted to the Society of American Magicians

1972 He became Professor of Magic at New York University, aged only 16

1983 Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear before a live audience of New Yorkers, and a television audience estimated at 50 million

1984 He levitated across the Grand Canyon

1986 He walked through the Wall of China

1987 He became the first person to escape from Alcatraz, a feat unsuccesfully attempted by Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly

1991 He made a 70 tonne Orient Express Car vanish in front of a live audience

1993 For the television special ‘Fires Of Passion’, he hung 10 stories above a bed of flaming stakes, from burning ropes, and wearing a straight jacket - an escape Houndini refused to attempt

(Source: www.dcopperfield.com)

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