Tim Ellis wrote a nice piece recalling Tommy Wonder's special qualities and great gifts to magic. We reprint that essay here . Please visit Tim Ellis and Sue-Anne Webster's outstanding blog site here: http://magicunlimited.typepad.com .
We just received the very sad news of the passing of our good friend Tommy Wonder. Tommy had been ill with lung cancer for sometime though it wasn't common knowledge.
Many Australian magicians will remember Tommy's visit to Australia for
the 1996 Melbourne Convention with Tom Ogden, Bob Sheets and Ali Bongo.
Tommy's lecture and his performance on the public show were both
astonishing.
Sue-Anne and I were privileged to spend time with Tommy at many
other conventions including FISM in Germany, Hank Lees, FISM in Den
Haag where we were on the Jury together, and most 
nmemorably the South African Magic Championships where we all went on Safari together with Craig Mitchell.
Tommy was a great magician and a very kind man. He had a tremendous
sense of humour (as evidenced by the videos we made in South Africa)
and he was a true genius of magic.
We were really looking forward to catching up with him again at FISM
next month, but it was not to be. It won't be the same without him.
His legend will live on in his 'Books of Wonder' and I know hundreds
of magicians all over the world today will be saying the same words
but, "We miss you already Tommy."
Tim Ellis wrote a nice piece recalling Tommy Wonder's special qualities and great gifts to magic. We reprint that essay here . Please visit Tim Ellis and Sue-Anne Webster's outstanding blog site here: http://magicunlimited.typepad.com .
We just received the very sad news of the passing of our good friend Tommy Wonder. Tommy had been ill with lung cancer for sometime though it wasn't common knowledge.
Many Australian magicians will remember Tommy's visit to Australia for
the 1996 Melbourne Convention with Tom Ogden, Bob Sheets and Ali Bongo.
Tommy's lecture and his performance on the public show were both
astonishing.
Sue-Anne and I were privileged to spend time with Tommy at many
other conventions including FISM in Germany, Hank Lees, FISM in Den
Haag where we were on the Jury together, and most nmemorably the South African Magic Championships where we all went on Safari together with Craig Mitchell.
Tommy was a great magician and a very kind man. He had a tremendous
sense of humour (as evidenced by the videos we made in South Africa)
and he was a true genius of magic.
We were really looking forward to catching up with him again at FISM
next month, but it was not to be. It won't be the same without him.
His legend will live on in his 'Books of Wonder' and I know hundreds
of magicians all over the world today will be saying the same words
but, "We miss you already Tommy."
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