David Blaine
David Blaine (born
David Blaine White; April 4, 1973) is an American magician and endurance artist.
He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of
street and close-up magic. He has set and broken several world records. Theater owner James
Nederlander has referred to Blaine as a modern day Houdini as has The New York Times while he has
also been called a "Houdini wanna-be" by the New York Daily News.
Early life
Blaine was born David Blaine White in Brooklyn, New York to a father of Puerto Rican-Catholic descent
and a mother of Russian-Jewish descent.His mother, Patrice Maureen White (1946-1995), was a school
teacher living in New York, and his father William Perez was a Vietnam veteran. He was raised by his
single mother and attended many schools in Brooklyn. When he was ten years old, his mother married John
Bukalo and they moved to Little Falls, New Jersey, where he attended Passaic Valley Regional High School.
He has a half-brother named Michael James Bukalo.
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