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David Copperfield, real name David Seth Kotkin (Metuchen (New Jersey), September 16, 1956) is a world-famous American illusionist of Jewish descent. His stage name is most likely taken from the book by Charles Dickens of the same name. At the age of 12, David started magic. At the age of 16 he was already teaching magic at New York University. In 1982 he is part of Project Magic, a rehabilitation program to teach handicapped children certain things again. He gained fame by, among other things, walking through the Great Wall of China, disappearing the Statue of Liberty in New York, making a Learjet disappear in 1981, sawing himself in half and flying. He can do this inside a glass container, among other things. He also once escaped as a stunt from the maximum-security Alcatraz prison. Copperfield has had a relationship with top model Claudia Schiffer for years. With an estimated income of $ 57 million in 2003, he is ranked 10th among the highest earning celebrities in the world. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Copperfield has two children.
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