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| name = Great Ovette | image = File:Joseph Ovette magician.png | occupation = Magician |birth_date = January 20, 1885 |death_date = {{d-da|August 5, 1946|January 20, 1885}} }}Great Ovette (January 20, 1885 – August 5, 1946) also known as Joseph Ovette was an Italian American author and professional magician.[1] Ovette was born as Giuseppe Olivo, in Naples, Italy.[2] He also performed under the name Lung Chan Yuen and was well known for his hanging illusion act that was advertised as "The Man They Couldn't Hang".[3] He wrote books on magic and contributed to numerous magic magazines. Ovette performed the "blindfold drive", this consisted of him driving a car blindfolded through the streets of Ottawa.[4] He died in Buffalo, New York from a throat infection. He was buried in Ontario, Canada.[5] Publications
References1. ^Room, Adrian. (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 207. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4373-4}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ovette, Joseph}}2. ^Who's Who in Magic. (August 1931). The Sphinx. Vol. 30, No. 6. p. 35 3. ^Anonymous. (1946). Noted Magician Dies In Buffalo. Tonawanda News, 7 August. "At the height of his 40-year career as a magician, the great Ovette thrilled audiences by swinging 20 feet in the air from a rope about his throat. He was billed as "The Man they couldn't hang." 4. ^Anonymous. (1931). Drives Blindfolded On Ottawa Streets. Ottawa Citizen. December 10, p. 2. 5. ^The Great Ovette. (1946). The Bat. No. 33, September, p. 178 6 : 1885 births|1946 deaths|American magicians|American skeptics|People from Naples|Professional magicians |
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