Paul Daniels

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    How Paul Daniels Faked His Own Death On Live TV

    Legendary magician Paul Daniels, who sadly died of a brain tumour yesterday at the age of 77, performed thousands of magic tricks during his incredible TV career, but the illusion that shocked the nation was one that looked like it had gone horribly, gruesomely wrong. Daniels made a live Halloween special of his show for the BBC in 1987 in distinctly gothic surroundings, the grand finale being his version of the famous Iron Maiden escape, inspired by Harry Houdini – in short attempting to escap