![]() ![]() At the end of the fourth and final special, Valentino revealed his true identity, although some in the magic community had already deduced it from the previous specials after recognizing certain traits of his performance. After some negotiation, Valentino signed to do the program, promising that he would reveal the secrets behind old illusions only. Valentino had been approached by Fox while he was performing in Las Vegas showrooms. In the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, the show was made available on Netflix. The Masked Magician was also shown in the UK on the ITV network during the late 1990s and is still occasionally repeated on ITV4. The Masked Magician įor a span of two years (1997–1999), Valentino performed, unbilled and disguised, as the "Masked Magician" in four Fox Network specials called Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed which exposed long-guarded trade secrets. ![]() Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he is quarantined in the country, hosted at the Clown Rogério house. In June 2020 in an interview with the Brazilian show Domingo Espetacular of RecordTV, he said he was cured and that he is in Brazil preparing a project. Valentino refused conventional treatment. In October 2017, Valentino announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, and was given one year to live from the time of the diagnosis. He also appeared in his own production, "Valentino's Magical Extravaganza". The performances also included revealing magic secrets to encourage others to become magicians.īy the end of the 1980s and into the 1990s, Valentino had moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and was performing in casino shows including Viva Las Vegas and Splash, in addition to having appeared on programs such as The Merv Griffin Show and PM Magazine, as well as in the music video for Herb Alpert's "Magic Man". In his teens, Valentino performed with the "International Cultural Awareness Program" for over a million students throughout the Unified School Systems. Valentino's first foray into magic was at the age of five with a trick called "the ball and vase" that his father gave him. Valentino became well known in Brazil after his sketches were broadcast in Rede Globo's Sunday newsmagazine show Fantástico from 1999 to 2000, in which he was referred to by the alias Mister M. ![]() As the finale to the final special, Valentino revealed his identity as the Masked Magician, garnering some notoriety amongst the magic community, and instigating several lawsuits. In the specials, he used the stage name the Masked Magician and concealed his true identity by wearing a mask with a squid like design, being aware of the stigma amongst the magic community with publicly exposing tricks. Valentino starred in a series of four television specials exposing the methods behind numerous classic magic tricks and illusions on the Fox network. Val Valentino (born Leonard Montano, June 14, 1956) is an American magician. Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed ![]()
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