With its dancing girls in glittering brief costumes, its tumbling clowns, and its flashing lights, Blackstone's magic show is charmingly hokey, luring its audience into gasping at his grand illusions.

Bauer when not in clown garb, left behind four children, 18 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren – and a collection of makeup, wigs, costumes, puppets, magic tricks and gizmos used to charm ...