Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

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Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Meir Yedid » March 11th, 2011, 5:45 pm

Jack Ferero (April 23, 1929-March 10, 2011) who was a partner at Tannens Magic in the 1970s and 1980s and was a very entertaining close-up magician died last night at the age of 81.

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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Kenardo » March 11th, 2011, 11:27 pm

Very sad news, indeed. He was also a wonderful human being - always very friendly, smiling, and humorous.

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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Matthew Field » March 12th, 2011, 3:55 am

Jack was, for me, the "book guy" at Tannen's, and he (and the late John Mueller) were instrumental in instilling in me a love of magic books.

I spent many wonderful hours with Jack, and he will be missed.

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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Alan Bursky » March 13th, 2011, 5:54 am

Jack was always great to me when I was a stock boy at Tannen"s. They were all great Lou, Irv, Tony. The demo guys were Mitch, John, Presto, there was the Latin guy who's name I forgot. I am sorry. That was about 42 years ago.

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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Kevin Connolly » March 13th, 2011, 11:11 am

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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Richard Kaufman » March 13th, 2011, 11:47 am

Ah, my friend Senor Mardo. What a great guy.
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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Meir Yedid » March 14th, 2011, 11:20 am

Funeral arrangements for Jack Ferero are as follows:

Wednesday March 16 at the:
Aloia Funeral Home
180 Harrison Ave.
Garfield, New Jersey 07026
Phone: 973-340-7077

Arrival time: 9:00am
Chapel Services: 11:00am

Internment at the:
Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa, New Jersey

A short obituary appeared in the paper at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northj ... =149336449

You can also read a nice story about Jack from 2009 at:
http://www.northjersey.com/community/Ma ... _past.html

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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Kevin Connolly » March 14th, 2011, 1:52 pm

There will be a bigger write-up in the next day or two in the same paper.
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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Meir Yedid » March 15th, 2011, 12:46 pm

Here is a link to the article Kevin mentioned above which appeared on MagicTimes this morning.

http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/1 ... magic.html

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Re: Sad to report: Jack Ferero dies at the age of 81

Postby Jonathan Townsend » March 16th, 2011, 8:23 am

There are plenty of tales of uncles who do dumb magic tricks or maybe a few good magic tricks. Then there are the ones who show by example that ones inner child and love of magic need not be lost to our frenetic world of commerce, novelty and ego.

I met this "Uncle Jack" at Tannen's back when it was at 1540 Broadway - and last heard his voice on the phone when John Blake called him so we could say hello again after over twenty years. Same pleasant guy. Same voice of encouragment and love of magic.

Our little world of magicshops and meetings is so much better for that kind of "Uncle Jack". I hope folks remember Jack Ferero in how they affect this and future generations of magicians.
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