“The public really doesn’t listen when they’re being told straightforward facts,” says the Amazing Randi. The magician, escape artist, and tiny lion of principled skepticism, now north of 80, leans ...

James Randi became known for insisting that his amazing feats were based on tricks and not magic Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand ...

James Randi, the magician who escaped from jail cells, underwater coffins and straitjackets before becoming a scientific skeptic bent on debunking those who peddle in the paranormal and supernatural, ...

James Randi, a magician whose many TV appearances led him to a second career as a respected paranormal investigator, has died at 92. The James Randi Foundation confirmed his death in a tweet on ...

James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country’s foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation ...

James Randi, the famed magician who was a regular on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show and later formed the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry to investigate and challenge paranormal claims, died on ...

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James Randi–better known by the moniker “The Amazing Randi”–has died. He was 92 years old. Randi rose to fame thanks to his frequent appearances on The Tonight Show where he performed magic opposite ...

James Randi hated tricking people. Sure, as The Amazing Randi, he pulled off amazing escape acts and sleight of hand maneuvers faster than you could see — but it was all in service of proving that he ...

James Randi, aka "The Amazing Randi," noted magician, skeptic, and debunker of supernatural nonsense, has died at the age of 92. The NYT obituary for Randi begins: James Randi, a MacArthur ...

James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country’s foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation ...