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MAGIC Las Vegas bringing fashion, Billy Porter to trade show

Visitors walk into an exhibit hall during the MAGIC Las Vegas fashion trade show on Monday, Aug ...

MAGIC fashion trade show is set to exceed its 2019 number by bringing together 2,300 brands.

Johnny Thompson, aka "The Great Tomsoni," was a legend who helped many fellow Las Vegas magicians. (Doc Ajay Johnson)

Johnny Thompson, a Las Vegas magic legend, dies at 84

By John Katsilometes / RJ

March 9, 2019 - 7:32 pm

Johnny Thompson, a consultant on Penn Teller’s “Fool Us,” collapsed Feb. 25 as the show was in rehearsals at the Rio.