BROKEN WAND :: BARRY PRICE

From the Los Angeles Times we learn that Barry Price, 64, an international award-winning master sleight-of-hand artist who was a prominent performer for many years at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, died Aug. 24 at West Anaheim Medical Center from complications of a stroke.  David Regal commented on Barry in the Genii Forums saying, "Barry was a serious card guy and a fascinating man to talk with. He had strong opinions and a bountiful sense of humor matched with a wry side to his personality that made itself known via a phenomenal, dazzling vocabulary. He graciously allowed me to publish his lovely "Stealth Switch" some years ago. Barry was the only guy I've ever seen drop three or four doubles to the tabletop in one fluid motion, in the context of an effect - and he did this as part of his act!"