David Roth | |
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| Born | March 13, 1952 |
| Died | January 15, 2021 (aged 68) |
| Occupation(s) | Magician, Lecturer |
| Website | http://www.davidrothmagic.com/ |
David Roth (March 13, 1952 – January 13, 2021) was an American magician widely regarded as one of the world's greatest coin magicians.[1] Roth was an important contributor to Richard Kaufman's Coinmagic, an influential text on contemporary coin technique; his major work was chronicled in David Roth's Expert Coin Magic, a book written by Richard Kaufman. Roth was associated with Fantasma Magic, a magic manufacturing and retail company in New York City before going to work for the Conjuring Arts Research Center during the last decade of his life.
The sleight of hand artist Dai Vernon wrote about Roth:
"First let me state that David Roth has an amazing ability when performing with coins. He is truly a genius. I have been fortunate to have enjoyed the confidence and friendship of the leading exponents of coin manipulation of the past. T. Nelson Downs, Allan Shaw, Manuel and Welch Miller all specialized in this branch of the magical art. To the very best of my judgment, David’s ideas and execution far surpass any one of them. I feel quite certain that if they could witness his performance they would not only be astounded but realize that they had seen the master."
- ^ Waters, T.A. (1988). The Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians. USA: Facts on File. pp. 287. ISBN 0-8160-1349-7.