Roy Benson

Education

He studied with Nate Leipzig, creating the bell and bowl routine and elaborating the routine which is published in "Benson by Starlight".

Career

He died of emphysema. This also describes Benson"s Bizarre Bag (an egg bag variant), The Dice Box, Bell and Bowl (rice bowls), The Wines of Beelzebub and Hydrostatic Cravis (where a drinking glass is inverted without the contents spilling). A photograph of Benson, signed and dedicated "To Dai, Jeanne, Neepie in admiration and affection, Royal

1946." was auctioned in January 2010.

(Also called Mora Wands after Silent Mora - Louis McCord). The method for the as well as a number of routines by magicians including Howard Hale, Aldo Colomini, Pete Biro, Joe Stevens and Charlie Miller is presented in the Digital Video Disc "" published by Greater Magic Video Library.

Benson elaborated his in "Starlight" on The Pillars of Soloman and the Magic Bradawl, published in Hoffman"s Modern Magic. The is a Cups and Ball routine popularised by Benson.

The method and routine is published in "Starlight" and "Classic Secrets of Magic" by Bruce Elliott.

The routine is included in the DVDs "Pat Page Spongeballs", "WGM Spongeballs", "John Mendoza Volume(s) 2", "Steve Dacri Volume 3".

Achievements

• He was an accomplished musician.