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William Ellsworth Robinson

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American magician (1861-1918)

United StatesLived 1861 to 1918 · aged 56
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William Ellsworth Robinson was an American magician who went by the stage name Chung Ling Soo. He is mostly remembered today for his extensive use of yellowface in his act to falsely represent himself to be a Chinese man who spoke little English, as well as for his accidental death due to a failed bullet catch trick.

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The Cosmopolitan, pub. 1903.The Cosmopolitan, pub. 1903.Chung Ling Soo in The Old and New Magic (1906)Chung Ling Soo in The Old and New Magic (1906)East Sheen CemeteryEast Sheen Cemetery

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1861 to 1918 · aged 56
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14 languages

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