Ricky Jay dead

[Shit Good Nose]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46333968

Amazing magician and always watchable as an actor.  Interesting to note, as one of the most highly respected sleight-of-hand magicians in the business, he counted Jerry Sadowitz and Paul Daniels among the best in the history of magic.

[mothman]

I thought he'd been in a lot more films than he had been. Obviously the biggie was main baddie's sidekick in Tomorrow Never Dies.

[Shit Good Nose]

I thought he'd been in a lot more films than he had been. Obviously the biggie was main baddie's sidekick in Tomorrow Never Dies.

Normally just cameos in films that he worked on as a magic/con game consultant (The Prestige and Leap of Faith, for example), but he often had memorable roles in David Mamet films.

[The Boston Crab]

SPOOK!

[Bennett Brauer]

SPOOK!

Slither.  As SGN has said, a great magician and perhaps surprisingly good as an actor, especially with Mamet - eg House of Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTJcaJziQ1I.
I never got his obsession with throwing playing cards at lethal velocity as if they were shurikens though.

[BeardFaceMan]

First saw him doing little routines on The Secret Cabaret, such a charismatic guy and a great performer.

[Cuellar]

Wondered who this was after seeing the headlines on Sunday morning, and someone had posted a link to his '...and his 52 assistants' show on youtube. Thought I'd give it a quick look and ended up watching the whole hour - amazing stuff.

[Noodle Lizard]

He was incredible.

There's a great documentary about him, The Art of Deception (I think it's on Netflix).  It starts out as a history of his magic career and then delves more into his influences and becomes a sort of meditation on the craft itself, and the dedication it takes.  Worth a watch.

[Ronalado]

FOR sure is sad day.

Sleep my rose of PRHAH