One of America's best-known close-up magicians, Michael Ammar is famous within the worldwide magical community.Michael Ammar, from West Virginia. He was born there on June 25, 1956, the youngest of four children.
It all started while he was reading a comic book and noticed an ad: 500 tricks for 25 cents!. Michael sent his quarter and received a catalog. He began ordering tricks and practicing. Before long, he had a full magic show, complete with doves and a teenage assistant. The community, small as it was, supported him and booked him for local shows for schools and birthdays.
While in college at West Virginia University, Michael developed friendships with others involved in magic. Michael began to publish his idea's in the early eighties. Performed for Johnny Carson, and at the Magic Castle.
He has produced over forty videos titles, also books and magazines. In 1999 The Magic Magazine named him one of one hundred most influential Magicians of the century.
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