The Great Ballantine...
Had missed this... He was a guy I thought hilarious growing up. Was a big horseplayer...
He named his daughters Saratoga and Caliente!
Carl Ballantine, Slapstick Magician, Dies at 92
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/ar....html?_r=2&hpw
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Last edited by Kasept : 11-16-2009 at 09:02 AM.
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