Milton Larsen, who transformed a decrepit Hollywood mansion into an iconic private club that attracted top magicians and their fans from around the world, dies at 92
Milton Larsen, who as co-founder of the Magic Castle transformed a falling-down Hollywood mansion into an iconic private club that attracted top magicians and their fans from around the world, died Sunday. He was 92.
Though a gaming entrepreneur purchased the Franklin Avenue clubhouse last year, Larsen continued to be a frequent and beloved presence there. After an awards show Thursday honoring the 60th anniversary of the club, he stayed at the bar “until the wee hours,” his niece said.and it was from the window of a TV studio on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue that he first spotted the turreted residence that would become the Magic Castle.
Larsen was born into a family of magicians in Pasadena in 1931. His father, William, was an attorney who once represented Harry Houdini’s widow and left the law to practice magic. His mother, Geraldine, had a children’s show onThe couple and their children starred in a Vaudeville review, “Larsen Family of Magicians,” and his father often spoke of opening a club for magicians. After his death, Larsen, his brother, William Jr., and his sister-in-law, Irene, saw a chance to realize that dream.
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