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{{Short description|American sword swallower (1953–2017)}}
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[[File:Johnny Fox performing at 2007 Maryland Renaissance Festival - 05.jpg|thumb|Johnny Fox, performing as a sword swallower at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2007]]
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[[Image:Sword-Swallower Johnny Fox.jpg|thumb|right|Johnny Fox sword swallowing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2006]]
|name = Johnny Fox
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[[File:Johnny Fox performing at Maryland Renaissance Festival - 08.jpg|thumb|Johnny Fox performing [[cups and balls]] routine at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2016.]]
|birth_name = John Robert Fox
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[[File:Johnny Fox performing at Maryland Renaissance Festival - 10.jpg|thumb|Johnny Fox sword swallowing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2016, before his diagnosis.]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1953|11|13}}
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[[File:Johnny Fox performing at Maryland Renaissance Festival - 02.jpg|thumb|Johnny Fox performing [[cups and balls]] at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2017, few months before his death]]
|birth_place = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]
'''Johnny Fox''' (1953 – December 17, 2017) was an American professional [[Sword swallowing|sword swallower]] and [[sleight of hand]] expert.<ref name="Gazette">http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/obituaries/ac-cn-sword-swallower-20171217-story.html</ref><ref name="Feuer">Feuer, Alan. "Pickled Piglets and Other Curiosities, in Exile." [[The New York Times]], 2005-06-04, p. B1.</ref>
|image = Johnny Fox performing at 2007 Maryland Renaissance Festival - 05.jpg
|caption = Fox performing as a sword swallower at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2007
|occupation = {{hlist|Sword swallower|performer|magician|museum curator}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|17|1953|11|13}}
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[[File:Johnny Fox performing at Maryland Renaissance Festival - 02.jpg|thumb|300px|Johnny Fox performing [[cups and balls]] at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2017, a few months before his death]]
'''John Robert Fox''' (November 13, 1953 – December 17, 2017) was an American professional [[Sword swallowing|sword swallower]] and [[sleight of hand]] expert.<ref name="Gazette">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/obituaries/ac-cn-sword-swallower-20171217-story.html|title=Remembering Ren Fest's Sword Swallower Johnny Fox|first=Selene San|last=Felice|website=Capitalgazette.com|accessdate=18 December 2017|archive-date=21 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221161339/http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/obituaries/ac-cn-sword-swallower-20171217-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Genzlinger, Neil, ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/obituaries/johnny-fox-sword-swallowing-showman-dies-at-64.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=obituaries&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Obituaries&action=keypress&region=FixedRight&pgtype=article Johnny Fox, Sword-Swallowing Showman, Dies at 64]'', The New York Times, December 19, 2017</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Fox was born in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]],<ref name="Website">https://web.archive.org/web/20110909222456/http://www.johnnyfox.com/bio.html</ref> and grew up in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. He saw his first sword swallower at the [[The Big E|Eastern States Exposition]] in [[West Springfield, Massachusetts]], when he was eight or nine years old.<ref name="Feuer"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/06/nyregion/neighborhood-report-lower-east-side-a-man-who-lives-by-the-sword.html|title=NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: LOWER EAST SIDE; A Man Who Lives by the Sword|last=Louie|first=Elaine|date=1999-06-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> At approximately the same age, his father gave him a book about [[Harry Houdini]] which inspired Fox&mdash;substituting [[spaghetti]]&mdash;to recreate the magician's trick of swallowing a key on a string and then [[Regurgitation (digestion)|regurgitating]] it.<ref name=":0" />
Fox was born in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]],<ref name="Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnyfox.com/bio.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909222456/http://www.johnnyfox.com/bio.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 September 2011|title=Johnny Fox Biography|date=9 September 2011|accessdate=18 December 2017}}</ref> and grew up in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. He saw his first sword swallower at the [[The Big E|Eastern States Exposition]] in [[West Springfield, Massachusetts]], when he was eight or nine years old.<ref name="Feuer">Feuer, Alan. "Pickled Piglets and Other Curiosities, in Exile." [[The New York Times]], 2005-06-04, p. B1.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/06/nyregion/neighborhood-report-lower-east-side-a-man-who-lives-by-the-sword.html|title=Neighborhood Report – Lower East Side – A Man Who Lives by the Sword|last=Louie|first=Elaine|date=1999-06-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> At approximately the same age, his father gave him a book about [[Harry Houdini]] which inspired Fox&mdash;substituting [[spaghetti]]&mdash;to recreate the magician's trick of swallowing a key on a string and then [[Regurgitation (digestion)|regurgitating]] it.<ref name=":0" />


==Performance career==
==Performance career==
Fox began performing [[Magic (illusion)|magic]] and [[comedy]] while working as a waiter in [[Saint Petersburg, Florida]].<ref name="Montgomery">Montgomery, David. "Strange Attraction: As Sideshows Vanish from the Midway, a Film Recalls Their Glory Days." [[The Washington Post]], 2003-10-24, p. C1.</ref> He learned sleight-of-hand in the 1970s from [[Tony Slydini]], an Italian magician known as ''"the Master of Misdirection"''.<ref name="Feuer"/> In his early twenties, Fox was performing in [[Boulder, Colorado]], when he heard that his act had been stolen by a competing magician.<ref name=":0" /> He was inspired to begin swallowing swords in order to have "an act people couldn't copy easily".<ref name=":0" /> It took him eight months to master the technique, although he injured himself on several occasions learning it.<ref name=":0" /> Fox estimated in 1999 he was one of only twenty professional sword swallowers in the United States, noting there were many more than when he began.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Montgomery"/>
Fox began performing [[Magic (illusion)|magic]] and [[comedy]] while working as a waiter in [[Saint Petersburg, Florida]].<ref name="Montgomery">Montgomery, David. "Strange Attraction: As Sideshows Vanish from the Midway, a Film Recalls Their Glory Days." [[The Washington Post]], 2003-10-24, p. C1.</ref> He learned sleight-of-hand in the 1970s from [[Tony Slydini]], an Italian magician known as ''"the Master of Misdirection"''. In his early twenties, Fox was performing in [[Boulder, Colorado]], when he heard that his act had been stolen by a competing magician.<ref name=":0" /> He was inspired to begin swallowing swords in order to have "an act people couldn't copy easily".<ref name=":0" /> It took him eight months to master the technique, although he injured himself on several occasions learning it.<ref name=":0" /> Fox estimated in 1999 he was one of only twenty professional sword swallowers in the United States, noting there were many more than when he began.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Montgomery"/>


Fox could swallow up to 22 inches of steel.<ref name="Montgomery"/> Besides swallowing regular swords, his act included swallowing a retractable [[tape measure]], a giant [[screwdriver]] and a neon glowing sword plugged into an [[Domestic AC power plugs and sockets|outlet]].<ref name=":0" /> His act also included eating fire-until he learned that the chemicals used in the trick could seep into his [[liver]].<ref name="Feuer"/>
Fox could swallow up to 22 inches of steel.<ref name="Montgomery"/> Besides swallowing regular swords, his act included swallowing a retractable [[tape measure]], a giant [[screwdriver]] and a neon glowing sword plugged into an [[Domestic AC power plugs and sockets|outlet]].<ref name=":0" /> His act also included eating fire-until he learned that the chemicals used in the trick could seep into his [[liver]].


Fox appeared at such venues as comedy clubs, casinos, and tattoo conventions, as well as special events such as an [[Aerosmith]] album release party.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Montgomery"/> His television appearances include the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', a 1992 [[Jonathan Winters]] television special, and a [[Maalox]] commercial in which he swallowed light bulbs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Montgomery"/><ref name="CNN">[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0209/03/lt.16.html "Open Up and Say AHHH!"] [[CNN Live Today]]. 2002-09-03</ref>He was featured in the 2003 documentary ''Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed'' by [[Jeff Krulik]].<ref name="Montgomery"/>
Fox appeared at such venues as comedy clubs, casinos, and tattoo conventions, as well as special events such as an [[Aerosmith]] album release party.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Montgomery"/> His television appearances include the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', a 1992 [[Jonathan Winters]] television special, and a [[Maalox]] commercial in which he swallowed light bulbs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Montgomery"/><ref name="CNN">[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0209/03/lt.16.html "Open Up and Say AHHH!"] CNN Live Today. 2002-09-03</ref> He was featured in the 2003 documentary ''Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed'' by [[Jeff Krulik]].<ref name="Montgomery"/>


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Fox was the resident sword-swallower at the annual [[Maryland Renaissance Festival]] in [[Crownsville, Maryland|Crownsville]], and performed there from 1981 through 2017.<ref name="Montgomery"/> Prior to the festival's 2017 season, the festival's Royal Stage, where Fox performed, was renamed to the Royal Fox Theatre in his honor.<ref name="Gazette"/> He began performing at the [[Sterling Renaissance Festival]] in [[Sterling, New York]] in 1997.<ref>Murphy, Justin. [http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_803f2c7a-cc72-11e0-b6fd-001cc4c002e0.html "Fare thee well for 2011."] The Citizen (Auburn), 2011-08-22.</ref> He occasionally worked as a [[consultant]] for other sideshow artists.
Although he performed among other acts presented throughout the weekend-long festival, following entertainment by the band, ''Radio-Free Carmela'' [http://www.Radiofreecarmela.com/] on May 1, 2009, Fox was honored as the featured performer at the opening ceremony of the annual ''Avenida de Colores'', [http://www.avenidadecolores.com/] a festival of chalk painting by professional artists from around the world and talented local school children on closed streets in historic Burns Square in [[Sarasota]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716005451/http://www.sarasotahistoryalive.com/index.php?cid=143237&src=gendocs&ref=thisweek042909&category=This%20Week&curlid=301 ''Sarasota History Alive!''] This Week Newsletter - April 29, 2009 </ref> His act also closed the festival.
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Image:Sword-Swallower Johnny Fox.jpg|Johnny Fox sword swallowing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2006
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Fox was the resident sword-swallower at the annual [[Maryland Renaissance Festival]] in [[Crownsville, Maryland|Crownsville]], and performed there since 1981.<ref name="Montgomery"/> He began performing at the [[Sterling Renaissance Festival]] in [[Sterling, New York]] in 1997.<ref>Murphy, Justin. [http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_803f2c7a-cc72-11e0-b6fd-001cc4c002e0.html "Fare thee well for 2011."] The Citizen (Auburn), 2011-08-22.</ref> He occasionally worked as a [[consultant]] for other sideshow artists.<ref name="Feuer"/>
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File:Johnny Fox performing at Maryland Renaissance Festival - 08.jpg|Johnny Fox performing [[cups and balls]] routine at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2016
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File:Johnny Fox performing at Maryland Renaissance Festival - 10.jpg|Johnny Fox sword swallowing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2016, before his diagnosis
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==Freakatorium==
==Freakatorium==
In June 1999, Fox opened the ''Freakatorium'', ''El Museo Loco'', a museum of side show curiosities, on the [[Lower East Side, Manhattan|Lower East Side of Manhattan]].<ref name="Feuer"/> In the face of low numbers of visitors and rising rent, the museum was closed in January 2005.<ref name="Feuer"/> Fox was partly inspired to open the museum by his childhood visits to Hubert's Museum and [[Flea circus|Flea Circus]] in [[Times Square]].<ref name="Feuer"/> His collection of oddities includes [[narwhal]] tusks, an elephant's-foot liquor chest, a two-headed turtle, a vest owned by [[General Tom Thumb]], and the glass eye of [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]].<ref name="Feuer"/>
In June 1999, Fox opened the ''Freakatorium'', ''El Museo Loco'', a museum of side show curiosities, on the [[Lower East Side, Manhattan|Lower East Side of Manhattan]]. In the face of low numbers of visitors and rising rent, the museum was closed in January 2005. Fox was partly inspired to open the museum by his childhood visits to Hubert's Museum and [[Flea circus|Flea Circus]] in [[Times Square]]. His collection of oddities includes [[narwhal]] tusks, an elephant's-foot liquor chest, a two-headed turtle, a vest owned by [[General Tom Thumb]], and the glass eye of [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Fox married his wife, Valeria, an [[Argentina|Argentine]] dancer and photographer, while they were atop elephants in [[Annapolis, Maryland]], in 2002.<ref name="Lee">Lee, Jennifer. "A Sword-Swallowing Collector Closes an Odd Little Museum." [[The New York Times]], 2005-01-01, p. B6.</ref> They resided in [[Seymour, Connecticut]].<ref name="Feuer"/>
Fox married his wife, Valeria, an [[Argentina|Argentine]] dancer and photographer, while they were atop elephants in [[Annapolis, Maryland]], in 2002.<ref name="Lee">Lee, Jennifer. "A Sword-Swallowing Collector Closes an Odd Little Museum." [[The New York Times]], 2005-01-01, p. B6.</ref> They resided in [[Seymour, Connecticut]].

==Illness and death==
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[[File:Johnny Fox memorial at Maryland Renaissance Festival - 1.jpg|thumb|Johnny Fox memorial at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2018]]
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In the fall of 2016, Fox was diagnosed with [[hepatitis-C]] and [[cirrhosis]] of the liver and tumors.<ref name="npr"/> Then, in the winter of 2016, Fox slipped on [[black ice]] at his home in Connecticut which, combined with his liver problems, put him in a coma for several days.<ref name="npr">{{cite news|last1=Boyle|first1=Tara|title=Sword Swallower Makes Triumphant Return As He Battles Severe Health Issues|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/10/14/557821266/sword-swallower-makes-triumphant-return-as-he-battles-severe-health-issues|accessdate=October 17, 2017|work=[[National Public Radio]] [[All Things Considered]]|date=October 14, 2017}}</ref>


After waking up from his coma, he recovered enough to return to performing at the [[Maryland Renaissance Festival]] for the fall 2017 season.<ref name="npr"/>
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In the fall of 2016, Fox was diagnosed with [[hepatitis-C]] and [[cirrhosis]] of the liver and tumors.<ref name="npr"/> Then, in the winter of 2016, Fox slipped on black ice at his home in Connecticut which, combined with his liver problems, put him in a coma for several days.<ref name="npr">{{cite news|last1=Boyle|first1=Tara|title=Sword Swallower Makes Triumphant Return As He Battles Severe Health Issues|url=http://www.npr.org/2017/10/14/557821266/sword-swallower-makes-triumphant-return-as-he-battles-severe-health-issues|accessdate=17 October 2017|work=[[National Public Radio]] [[All Things Considered]]|language=en|date=14 October 2017}}</ref> After waking up from his coma, he received treatment in a cancer treatment facility in Arizona which specialized in alternative medicine<ref name="npr"/>, and created a [[GoFundMe]] page to help with the cost of the treatments.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fox|first1=Johnny|title=Johnny Fox's GoFundMe page|url=https://www.gofundme.com/qzj2uh-johnny-fox-a-hard-one-2-swallow|website=gofundme.com}}</ref> By the fall of 2017, Fox had recovered enough to return to performing at the [[Maryland Renaissance Festival]].<ref name="npr"/>


Fox died on Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:00AM after a battle with liver cancer.<ref name="Gazette"/>
Fox died on Sunday, December 17, 2017, of liver cancer, aged 64.<ref name="Gazette"/>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.freakatorium.com/ Freakatorium – El Museo Loco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010225632/http://www.freakatorium.com/ |date=2017-10-10 }}
* [http://www.johnnyfox.com/ The Johnny Fox Official Homepage]
* [http://www.freakatorium.com/ Freakatorium - El Museo Loco]
* [http://rennfest.com/ Maryland Renaissance Festival]
* [http://rennfest.com/ Maryland Renaissance Festival]
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Johnny Fox
Fox performing as a sword swallower at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2007
Born
John Robert Fox

(1953-11-13)November 13, 1953
Minneapolis, Minnesota
DiedDecember 17, 2017(2017-12-17) (aged 64)
Occupations
  • Sword swallower
  • performer
  • magician
  • museum curator
Johnny Fox performing cups and balls at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2017, a few months before his death

John Robert Fox (November 13, 1953 – December 17, 2017) was an American professional sword swallower and sleight of hand expert.[1][2]

Early life

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Fox was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota,[3] and grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. He saw his first sword swallower at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts, when he was eight or nine years old.[4][5] At approximately the same age, his father gave him a book about Harry Houdini which inspired Fox—substituting spaghetti—to recreate the magician's trick of swallowing a key on a string and then regurgitating it.[5]

Performance career

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Fox began performing magic and comedy while working as a waiter in Saint Petersburg, Florida.[6] He learned sleight-of-hand in the 1970s from Tony Slydini, an Italian magician known as "the Master of Misdirection". In his early twenties, Fox was performing in Boulder, Colorado, when he heard that his act had been stolen by a competing magician.[5] He was inspired to begin swallowing swords in order to have "an act people couldn't copy easily".[5] It took him eight months to master the technique, although he injured himself on several occasions learning it.[5] Fox estimated in 1999 he was one of only twenty professional sword swallowers in the United States, noting there were many more than when he began.[5][6]

Fox could swallow up to 22 inches of steel.[6] Besides swallowing regular swords, his act included swallowing a retractable tape measure, a giant screwdriver and a neon glowing sword plugged into an outlet.[5] His act also included eating fire-until he learned that the chemicals used in the trick could seep into his liver.

Fox appeared at such venues as comedy clubs, casinos, and tattoo conventions, as well as special events such as an Aerosmith album release party.[5][6] His television appearances include the Late Show with David Letterman, a 1992 Jonathan Winters television special, and a Maalox commercial in which he swallowed light bulbs.[5][6][7] He was featured in the 2003 documentary Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed by Jeff Krulik.[6]

Fox was the resident sword-swallower at the annual Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, and performed there from 1981 through 2017.[6] Prior to the festival's 2017 season, the festival's Royal Stage, where Fox performed, was renamed to the Royal Fox Theatre in his honor.[1] He began performing at the Sterling Renaissance Festival in Sterling, New York in 1997.[8] He occasionally worked as a consultant for other sideshow artists.

  • Johnny Fox sword swallowing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2006
    Johnny Fox sword swallowing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2006
  • Johnny Fox performing cups and balls routine at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2016
    Johnny Fox performing cups and balls routine at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2016
  • Johnny Fox sword swallowing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2016, before his diagnosis
    Johnny Fox sword swallowing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2016, before his diagnosis

Freakatorium

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In June 1999, Fox opened the Freakatorium, El Museo Loco, a museum of side show curiosities, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. In the face of low numbers of visitors and rising rent, the museum was closed in January 2005. Fox was partly inspired to open the museum by his childhood visits to Hubert's Museum and Flea Circus in Times Square. His collection of oddities includes narwhal tusks, an elephant's-foot liquor chest, a two-headed turtle, a vest owned by General Tom Thumb, and the glass eye of Sammy Davis Jr.

Personal life

[edit]

Fox married his wife, Valeria, an Argentine dancer and photographer, while they were atop elephants in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2002.[9] They resided in Seymour, Connecticut.

Illness and death

[edit]
Johnny Fox memorial at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2018

In the fall of 2016, Fox was diagnosed with hepatitis-C and cirrhosis of the liver and tumors.[10] Then, in the winter of 2016, Fox slipped on black ice at his home in Connecticut which, combined with his liver problems, put him in a coma for several days.[10]

After waking up from his coma, he recovered enough to return to performing at the Maryland Renaissance Festival for the fall 2017 season.[10]

Fox died on Sunday, December 17, 2017, of liver cancer, aged 64.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Felice, Selene San. "Remembering Ren Fest's Sword Swallower Johnny Fox". Capitalgazette.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ Genzlinger, Neil, Johnny Fox, Sword-Swallowing Showman, Dies at 64, The New York Times, December 19, 2017
  3. ^ "Johnny Fox Biography". 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ^ Feuer, Alan. "Pickled Piglets and Other Curiosities, in Exile." The New York Times, 2005-06-04, p. B1.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Louie, Elaine (1999-06-06). "Neighborhood Report – Lower East Side – A Man Who Lives by the Sword". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Montgomery, David. "Strange Attraction: As Sideshows Vanish from the Midway, a Film Recalls Their Glory Days." The Washington Post, 2003-10-24, p. C1.
  7. ^ "Open Up and Say AHHH!" CNN Live Today. 2002-09-03
  8. ^ Murphy, Justin. "Fare thee well for 2011." The Citizen (Auburn), 2011-08-22.
  9. ^ Lee, Jennifer. "A Sword-Swallowing Collector Closes an Odd Little Museum." The New York Times, 2005-01-01, p. B6.
  10. ^ a b c Boyle, Tara (October 14, 2017). "Sword Swallower Makes Triumphant Return As He Battles Severe Health Issues". National Public Radio All Things Considered. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
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