1. Lance Burton performed more than 15,000 shows in Las Vegas for over 5,000,000 people until retiring in 2010.
16 Facts About Lance Burton
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Lance Burton serves as a judge on Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars.
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The young Lance Burton was fascinated, and a neighbor, hearing of his interest, gave him a book, Magic Made Easy, which her own children had used.
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Collins, a full-time magician, noticed the interest, and became his mentor when Lance Burton was in his teens, teaching him the fundamentals of the trade.
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In 1977, as a teenager, Lance Burton entered his first magic competition and won first prize.
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Lance Burton has appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
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Lance Burton performed an initial eight-week trial at the Folies Bergere show in Las Vegas, and then had his contract extended for a record-breaking nine years.
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Lance Burton was the youngest person to ever win the main event, and the first American to do so.
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Lance Burton had a brief marriage to magician Melinda Saxe in August 1993, but they divorced shortly after.
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The 1,274-seat Lance Burton Theater was built to Burton's specifications for his show, cost $27 million, and opened on June 21,1996.
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In 2004, Lance Burton celebrated his tenth anniversary at the Monte Carlo by introducing an illusion entitled "Solid Gold Lady", for which he used $10 million in gold.
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On July 1,2009, Lance Burton signed a six-year contract extension with the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, which would continue his contract until 2015.
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In 1986, Lance Burton guest starred in a fourth season episode Knight Rider titled "Deadly Knightshade" as the mastermind magician behind the murder of a Foundation trustee.
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Lance Burton appeared to avoid the coaster by a mere tenth of a second, the trick having apparently gone wrong.
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Lance Burton appeared on an episode of the History channel series American Restoration, televised November 1,2010, in which the Rick's Restorations crew repaired a light pole at Lance Burton's residence that had been destroyed in a windstorm.
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In 2022, Lance Burton was a guest judge on Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars on The CW.