Ricky Jay’s Death – Cause and Date

The tv actor Ricky Jay died at the age of 70. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Actor and magician known for playing Eddie Sawyer on the drama Deadwood. He also appeared in the 1999 film Magnolia and Tomorrow Never Dies.

He married Chrisann Verges in 2002.

Quotes

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I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just… interested.

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Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn’t get easier. It just doesn’t.

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Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I’m the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons.

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I don’t know what first got me to attack melons. It’s not like I ate a bad one and got an upset stomach. It just eventually seemed like the appropriate fruit.

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I do think deception… There’s something kind of odd about tricking people for a living, but ultimately, it’s a remarkably honest profession, when you think about it. If you violate that code, and you say you’re not using camera tricks, and then you do, I actually think that’s a kind of serious moral issue.