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David Copperfield
David Seth Kotkin, known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American stage magician and illusionist described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history.
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entertainment · American magician (born 1956) · illusionist · writer · film actor · hypnotist · stunt performer · actor · television actor · magician · also David Copperfield, David Copperfield (illusionist), Copperfield
Born 16 September 1956 · Q139637
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 4 entries
CNN: Magician David Copperfield denies sexual assault and misconduct allegations in The Guardian
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Los Angeles Times: David Copperfield denies 16 women’s ‘entirely implausible’ sexual misconduct allegations
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Entertainment Tonight: Magician David Copperfield Accused of Grooming, Groping and Drugging Women
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Page Six: Magician David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct by 16 women: Many underage, some allegedly drugged
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2018· 2 entries
A lawsuit alleging that a British tourist and audience member Gavin Cox was injured during a November 2013 performance, was resolved in Copperfield's favor
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The New York Historical Society hosted “Summer of Magic: Treasures from the David Copperfield Collection
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2015· 2 entries
Forbes listed his earnings at $63 million for the previous 12 months and ranked him the 20th highest-earning celebrity in the world
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A valve failed in the pump room that had machinery for the lap pool in the penthouse, and water flooded his penthouse apartment as well as multiple floors of the New York City apartment building on East 57th Street
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2013· 1 entry
Reported net worth: $800M (as of 2013).
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2010· 1 entry
Copperfield's girlfriend Chloé Gosselin, a French fashion model 28 years his junior, gave birth to his daughter in 2010.
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2009· 3 entries
Copperfield was dropped by Michael Jackson from Jackson's residency at the O2 Arena after a disagreement over money
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Copperfield made his first live TV appearance for some time when he entertained the audience at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards with two illusions
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And has since been described as a possible April Fool's prank
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2008· 1 entry
During a live performance in Las Vegas, a 26-year-old assistant named Brandon was sucked into the spinning blades of a 12 feet (3
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2007· 2 entries
Viva Art International Ltd and Maz Concerts Inc
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Organized and performed at a charity show for UNICEF in Los Angeles, along with a number of celebrity guests
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2006· 1 entry
Copperfield bought eleven Bahamian islands called Musha Cay
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2004· 3 entries
And 2005, and $30 million in 2009 in entertainment earnings, according to Forbes
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John Melk, co-founder of Blockbuster Inc
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During which Copperfield asked her if she "was aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls," though lawyers for Copperfield claim that the question was merely posed out of "concern" for Sjoberg
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2003· 1 entry
Making him the 10th highest paid celebrity in the world (earnings figures are pre-tax and before deductions for agents' and attorneys' fees, etc
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2002· 1 entry
Was the subject of an hour-long biographical special on A&E's "Biography" channel
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2000· 3 entries
Copperfield unsuccessfully sued Fireman's Fund Insurance Company for reimbursement of a $506,343 ransom paid to individuals in Russia who had commandeered the entertainer's equipment there
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Awarded Mandrake d'Or (2000).
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Awarded Library of Congress Living Legend (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Won an undisclosed sum and a retraction from Paris Match
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1997· 3 entries
Copperfield purchased a 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2), quadruplex penthouse in New York City, originally built for Stewart R
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Becker sued Copperfield and Lifetime Books for $50 million for breach of contract between himself and Lifetime Books, the publisher of his book All the Secrets of Magic Revealed
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Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer sued Paris Match for $30 million after the magazine claimed their relationship was a sham, that Schiffer was paid for pretending to be Copperfield's fiancée and that she did not even like
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1996· 2 entries
In collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola, David Ives, and Eiko Ishioka, Copperfield's Broadway show Dreams & Nightmares broke box office records in New York at the Martin Beck Theatre
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Copperfield joined forces with Dean Koontz, Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Bradbury and others for David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible, an anthology of original fiction set in the world of magic and illusion
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1994· 2 entries
Copperfield sued magician and author Herbert L
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She also appeared alongside Copperfield in David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (1994), a documentary in which she played the role of a reporter interviewing him, and at the end of which they reprised their performance of the "Flying" illusion.
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1993· 1 entry
At a Berlin celebrity gala Copperfield met German supermodel Claudia Schiffer when he brought her on stage to participate in a mind-reading act and his flying illusion, and in January 1994 they became engaged
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1992· 1 entry
Copperfield agreed to purchase the largest private magic collection in the world from Dr
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1991· 1 entry
When Copperfield purchased the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts, which contained the world's largest collection of Houdini memorabilia, the museum comprises approximately 80,000 items, including Houdin
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1989· 1 entry
Copperfield accidentally cut off the tip of his finger with sharp scissors
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1986· 1 entry
Copperfield debuted a new variation on the classic sawing a woman in half illusion
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1984· 1 entry
While rehearsing an illusion called "Escape From Death" where he was shackled and handcuffed in a tank of water, Copperfield became tangled in the chains and started taking in water and banging into the sides of the tank
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1980· 1 entry
“s face on Mount Rushmore, straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa and even vanish the moon. Filmography Terror Train (1980) as the Magician The Secret of The Phantom of the Opera (1988) as host and narrator. Docu-drama filmed at the Palais Garnier about the iconic novel and its adaptations. Mister Rogers”
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1977· 1 entry
For ABC called The Magic of ABC, hosted by Copperfield, as well as several The Magic of David Copperfield specials on CBS between 1978 and 2001
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-09-16.
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