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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 20

Micah Lasher Discusses Child Magic Career Before Taking Manhattan’s 12th District Seat

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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 20

Micah Lasher Discusses Child Magic Career Before Taking Manhattan’s 12th District Seat

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 20

Micah Lasher, poised to succeed Jerrold Nadler in Manhattan’s 12th District, discussed the child-magician career he largely downplayed during his congressional campaign.
At about age 15, Lasher ended a youth magic run that had made him well known enough to appear on the “Today” show, “CBS This Morning” and Thai television.
A 1996 self-titled book, “The Magic of Micah Lasher,” still circulates in New York-area magic circles, where some remembered the performer more readily than the politician.
The profile casts that unusual background as a personal footnote to Lasher’s transition from local political operative to likely incoming member of Congress.

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