Las Vegas' pioneering magician Gloria Dea passes away at 100
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Gloria Dea, the first magician to perform on the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died at the age of 100. She also appeared in several movies in the 1940s and '50s. Famed magician David Copperfield befriended her in her later years. Dea was scheduled to be inducted into the UNLV College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, which will go forward as planned with Copperfield presenting the induction.
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