Magician's death by hanging in Hollywood ruled accidental by coroner


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  • Sunday, 26 Feb 2017

FILE PHOTO - Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers control the entrance at the Magic Castle magicians' club in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The death of a world-class magician found hanged in his dressing room at a popular Hollywood nightclub called the Magic Castle was ruled an accident on Saturday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Department, an agency official said.

Daryl Easton, 61, touted on his website as a card-trick specialist known internationally as "The Magician's Magician," was found by employees of the club hanged on Friday in a death that police said they were investigating as an apparent suicide.

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