Henry Gordon (magician)

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Henry Gordon (March 19, 1919 - January 24, 2009) was a Canadian author, journalist, magician and skeptic.[1][2]

Gordon a professional magician was the founder of the Ontario Skeptics and a member of Skeptics Canada. He was also a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). He was well known for his exposures of psychics such as Uri Geller and Shirley Maclaine.[3]

For two years, Gordon wrote the debunking column "Extrasensory Deception" for the Toronto Sun. He also wrote the regular column "Debunking" for the Toronto Star’s Sunday paper.[4] Many of his columns were published in his book Extrasensory Deception: ESP, Psychics, Shirley MacLaine, Ghosts, UFOs (Macmillan of Canada, 1988).

Publications

  • Extrasensory Deception: ESP, Psychics, Shirley MacLaine, Ghosts, UFOs. (1988). Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0-7715-9539-5
  • Channeling Into The New Age: The 'Teachings' of Shirley MacLaine and Other Such Gurus. (1988). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-503-2

References

  1. Jason Miller. (2009). "Henry Gordon, 89: Magician, debunker". Toronto Star.
  2. Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present By Whaley, Bart (1990)
  3. Eric McMillan. (2009). "Henry Gordon has died". Association for Science and Reason.
  4. Justin Trottier. (2009). "Remembering Henry Gordon, Magician, Skeptic, Debunker". Skeptical Inquirer.


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