Magician Gloria Dea looks at old photos at her Las Vegas home on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. One of Dea’s caretakers said she died Saturday, March 18, 2023, at her Las Vegas residence. She was 100. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) 
Magician Gloria Dea poses at her Las Vegas home on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. One of Dea’s caretakers said she died Saturday, March 18, 2023, at her Las Vegas residence. She was 100. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) 
Magician Gloria Dea is honored fellow magicians, including David Copperfield and Teller, during her 100th birthday celebration at the Westgate in Las Vegas on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. One of Dea’s caretakers said she died Saturday, March 18, 2023, at her Las Vegas residence. She was 100. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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