“The magic community mourns the loss of one of our most beloved and
talented performers,” a statement posted on the Magic Castle’s Facebook
page says, adding that the Academy of Magic Arts’ “deepest regrets and
heart-felt sympathy go out to Daryl’s family.”
Easton, who often performed simply as Daryl the Magician, was
performing at the Magic Castle this week, and was found dead on the
club’s premises on Friday evening. The Magic Castle statement
confirms that the death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles Police
Department.
Easton, an AMA member, was “an award-winning close-up magician with
over 40 years of experience in both performing and selling the finest
magic in the world,” according to the Magic Castle.
“Daryl performed as a
headline act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for seven years fine tuning
his already encyclopedic knowledge of magic. Daryl has performed
literally thousands of shows for audiences as diverse as the Witch
Doctors on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu to the movers and shakers
of the political world at the Presidential Ball in Washington, D.C.”
The Magic Castle has been a club for magicians since 1963, with such
notable members as Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Johnny Carson, Neil Patrick
Harris and Jason Alexander.
Easton was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene, and early
media reports said his body was observed with a plastic bag over his
head.
The Castle closed Friday night, but re-opened this morning.
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