We at the Malaysia Magic Fellowship forums would like to join the magical fraternity in mourning the loss of magician extraordinaire Mr. Tommy Wonder.
As posted by Mr. Bill Palmer on the magic cafe, Mr. Wonder has succumbed to Lung Cancer.
You can read Mr. Palmer's annoucement in the magic cafe by clicking on the link below :-
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtop...168254&forum=36 I posted this over at SMC but I simply have to post this here again.
Tommy Wonder was one of my biggest magical inspiration. Ning knows how obsessed and awe-struck I am with his philosophies and his thinking when it comes to magic. It's not just his magic and misdirection that I admire, it's his thoughts and theories which elevates magic from just an amazing entertainment, and his efforts to make his magic truly artistic.
When we got a chance to meet him at IF Magic 2005, I wasn't farmiliar with his materials at all. After IF Magic, I got his book to discovered so much more of his great thinking and his magic.
I was kind of kicking myself for not reading his book earlier because then I would have a chance to ask him so many questions about some of his ideas and concepts at IF Magic. And I had been secretly hoping that I would have a chance to meet him again someday which I'm going to try to coax some answers out of him. But this is not to be.
Tommy Wonder is a true artist of magic. His thoughts on magic goes beyond magic as an entertainment, but magic as a dramatic art.
His routines and effects often extrudes brilliant plots with the most intriguing literary elements of conflict and irony, they are almost poetic. Not just the superfical amusment of a magic trick, but a real depth of artistic inspirations.
My greatest regret is not knowing his material better earlier and wasting the one time that I got to meet him.
I was so shocked by this news..this is indeed a great loss to the magic community. He'll definitely be missed..
Tommy Wonder will be cremented later, 1st July.
Rest in peace Tommy Wonder.
I will be writing a little blog entry about Tommy Wonder later.