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Great Ovette

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Great Ovette
BornJanuary 20, 1885
DiedAugust 5, 1946 (1946-08-06) (aged 61)
OccupationMagician

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]

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  1. ^ Room, Adrian. (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-7864-4373-4
  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