Talk:Chung Ling Soo
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so he stle the whoel act of another magician and even tried copying his name. funny. is it me but maybe there should be more historical material aboptu the times so can udnerstang better how this seemngly weird and unfair situation persisted. magicians hate stealing ideas, right? Tiksustoo 09:46, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
I've removed this content and am adding it to the talk page for possible future inclusion once it is re-worded in an encyclopedic manner:
"Correction --- Robinson personally cleaned the weapon. He and he alone was unknowingly responsible for what eventually occurred to him. Each time he took the weapon apart, he had to loosen the screws for the barrels. The threads were being destroyed by the gun powder which remained after each show. The key factor to his death was the not knowing that this was happening. The gap which was made allowed air to enter the chamber where the bullet was and that was the cause of his demise. The inquest proved all and not the words of a person who was not there at the time of the death. The facts have been written; Robinson unknowingly was placing himself into the center of this attraction each time he performed the effect. It was not the lack of fame, off stage life style or owing anyone money. He had contracts well into the mid-year of 1918. These are facts. As Hector Robinson (the last surviving son of Robinson) said on many occasions, "I only hope the muckrakers stop this tale of false history of my father. There is enough factual information (on my father). Why not base his life of real life, not lies?"~G" 63.144.93.66 19:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
"Correction --- According to the Steinmeyer book he broke the threads through improper cleaning (or removal of the bullet? he still used bullets which where switched in tanks) which he ceased after realization that he was damaging the gun however he did not replace it and im not sure but the gunpowder was a contributing factor. the inquiry into his death originally determined he had been improperly cleaning or whatever as the sole cause of death
[edit] Famous Last Words?
According to the IMDB page for the 2006 movie "The Prestige", Robinson's showmanship was so great that this happened:
Robinson lived as Chung, never breaking character while in public. He died in March 1918 when a bullet catch trick went wrong. "My God, I've been shot" were both his last words and the first English he had spoken on stage in 19 years.
Can anyone validate this so the page can be altered with this interesting info? Nthitz 03:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
My Grandmother was the Daughter of Soo's stage manager, Frank Kametaro who at the time of Soo's death was his manager, interpreter and assistant on stage & was supposedly from family history the man who pulled the trigger. As a child my grandmother would tell me stories about Soo & although i remember very little, i do recolect her telling me that he never spoke english in public & that everybody was shocked when he spoke english in front of the audience after he had been shot. This is as accurate only to my memory, i cannot state this is true fact other that Frank was indded my great grandfather & Soo's stage manager & that i can prove!
