Ricky Jay Death
Ricky passed away on November 24, 2018 at the age of 70 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
When did Ricky Jay die?
November 24, 2018How old was Ricky Jay when died?
70Where did Ricky Jay die? What was the location of death?
Los Angeles, California, United States
Ricky Jay Birthday and Date of Death
Ricky Jay was born on January 1, 1948 and died on November 24, 2018. Ricky was 70 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: January 1, 1948
Date of Death: November 24, 2018
Age at Death: 70
Ricky Jay - Biography
Richard Jay Potash (born 1948), known professionally as Ricky Jay, is an American stage magician, actor, and writer. In a profile for the New Yorker, Mark Singer called Jay "perhaps the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive". Jay is best known for performing sleight of hand, card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and stage patter. He has also written extensively on magic and its history. He has acted in the films The Spanish Prisoner, Heist, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia and in the HBO series Deadwood.
Jay prefered not to discuss the details of his childhood. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on an unspecified date, probably in 1946, to a middle-class Jewish family, and grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
He never spoke publicly about his parents, with the exception of a single anecdote: "My father oiled his hair with Brylcreem and brushed his teeth with Colgate," he recalled. “He kept his toothpaste in the medicine cabinet and the Brylcreem in a closet about a foot away. Once, when I was ten, I switched the tubes. All you need to know about my father is that after he brushed his teeth with Brylcreem he put the toothpaste in his hair.” His grandfather, Max Katz, was a certified public accountant and amateur magician who introduced Jay to magic.
