The Chinese magician who was actually from New York
Chung Ling Soo was billed as a mystical Chinese conjurer, but he was actually just a guy from New York named William Robinson. He never broke character, using fake translations and heavy makeup for his entire career, right up until the moment he died on stage performing a failed bullet catch. His dying words in perfect English really gave the game away.

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