Bob Cassidy Explained

Bob Cassidy
Birth Name:	Robert Cassidy
Birth Date:	23 June 1949
Birth Place:	Kearny, New Jersey, US
Death Date:	24 February 2017
Occupation:	Mentalist, Speaker, Author
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Montclair State University

Bob Cassidy (born 1949, Kearny, New Jersey  - 24 February 2017) was an American mentalist, speaker and author of books in the field, including The Art of Mentalism (1983), The Principia Mentalia (1994), and The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy (2004).^[1]

Society

In 1978 Cassidy, and fellow mentalists Tony Raven, Scott Gordon, Mary Lynn, and Dian Buehlmeier, founded the Psychic Entertainers Association,^[2] a mentalism international professional society.^[3]

Awards

1996 David Lederman Memorial Award for Creativity in Mentalism^[4]

2011 Dunninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Professionalism in the Performance of Mentalism^[5]

Books

• Pseudo-Mentally Yours (1977)
• The Art of Mentalism (1983)
• Principia Mentalia, Vol. 1 & 2 (1996)
• The Art of Mentalism, Vol. 2 (1996)

External links

• Video clips of Bob Cassidy in performance
• His author page

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy-H&R. 16 September 2009.
2. Web site: Psychic Entertainers Association Founders. 18 December 2009.
3. Web site: About the Psychic Entertainers Association. 18 December 2009.
4. Web site: Psychic Entertainers Association:Awards. 29 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007073355/http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html. 7 October 2011.
5. Web site: Psychic Entertainers Association:Awards. 29 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007073355/http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html. 7 October 2011.