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'{{about|the stage magician|the American rower|Paul Daniels (rower)|the conductor|Paul Daniel}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Paul Daniels | image = Paul Daniels.JPG | caption = Daniels in 2013 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|4|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[South Bank, North Yorkshire|South Bank]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|03|17|1938|4|6|df=y}} | death_place = [[Wargrave|Wargrave, Berkshire]], England | death_cause = [[Brain tumour]] | occupation = Magician, presenter | spouse = {{marriage|Jacqueline Skipworth|1960|1975|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|[[The Lovely Debbie McGee]]|1988|2016|end=his death}} | children = Paul Daniels Jr, [[Martin Daniels]], Gary Daniels | website = [http://www.pauldaniels.co.uk/ pauldaniels.co.uk] | birthname = Newton Edward Daniels }} '''Newton Edward''' "'''Paul'''" '''Daniels''' (6 April 1938 – 17 March 2016) was an English [[magic (illusion)|magician]] and television presenter. Daniels achieved international fame through his television series ''[[The Paul Daniels Magic Show]]'', which ran on the [[BBC]] from 1979 to 1994. He was known for his catchphrase of "You'll like this ... not a lot, but you'll like it" and also for his marriage to his [[magician's assistant|assistant]], [[Debbie McGee]]. He was awarded the "Magician of the Year’" Award by the [[The Magic Castle#Magician of the Year|Academy of Magical Arts]] in 1982, the first magician from outside the United States to receive it. He also won the [[Golden Rose of Montreux]] in 1985. Daniels was known for being outspoken on matters including politics and current affairs as well as magic, entertainment and fellow celebrities. He also appeared in reality television shows. He has been widely described as "The Godfather of Modern Magic" and was repeatedly credited with inspiring many top professional magicians to start in the profession.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2016/03/17/24395/everybody_who_was_anybody_wanted_to_be_on_the_paul_daniels_show|title = Everybody who was anybody wanted to be on the Paul Daniels show|publisher = Chortle|date = 17 March 2016|accessdate = 15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigissue.com/the-mix/news/6388/dynamo-paul-daniels-was-the-godfather-of-magic|title = Dynamo: "Paul Daniels was the godfather of magic|publisher = Big Issue|date = 17 March 2016|accessdate = 15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/godfather-magic-paul-daniels-wont-1724584|title = Godfather of magic won't be retiring soon|publisher = Chronicle Live|date = 3 March 2013|accessdate = 15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a787310/david-copperfield-pays-tribute-to-his-inspiration-paul-daniels-he-was-a-brilliant-magician|title = David Copperfield pays tribute to inspiration Paul Daniels: "he was a brilliant magician"|publisher = Digital Spy|date = 18 March 2016|accessdate = 15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/britains-got-talent/news/a789646/paul-daniels-nephew-auditions-for-britains-got-talent-i-was-always-inspired-by-him|title = Paul Daniels's nephew auditions for Britain's Got Talent: 'I was always inspired by him'|publisher = Digital Spy|date = 6 April 2016|accessdate = 15 July 2016}}</ref> == Early life == Daniels was born in [[South Bank, North Yorkshire|South Bank]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], the son of Handel Newton "Hugh" Daniels and Nancy (''née'' Lloyd).<ref name="sameoldmagic" /> His father was a cinema projectionist at the Hippodrome Theatre<ref name=guardobit /> and a former worker at [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] (ICI) in [[Wilton, Redcar and Cleveland|Wilton, North Riding of Yorkshire]]. After graduating from [[Redcar & Cleveland College|Sir William Turners Grammar School]] on Coatham Road in [[Coatham|Coatham, North Riding of Yorkshire]], and holding his first job as a junior clerk in the treasurer's office of [[Eston]] Council, Daniels served as a [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|conscript]] in the 1st Battalion, [[Green Howards]], during his [[national service]] and was posted to the British garrison in [[Hong Kong]] before training as an accountant in local government. Even in his early age, Daniels had thinning hair, which he claimed to be an act of "magic". He later sported a [[Wig (hair)|wig]] for much of his television career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pauldaniels.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=6&limit=1&limitstart=1 |title=Setting the Record Straight |publisher=Paul Daniels |date=28 March 2006 |accessdate=8 April 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301082144/http://www.pauldaniels.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=6&limit=1&limitstart=1 |archivedate=1 March 2007 }}</ref> After working as a junior clerk and then as an auditor in local government, Daniels joined his parents in the grocery business they were running at the time.<ref name=telegobit /> He later set up his own shop, at one point a mobile shop, but eventually gave this up in favour of his growing career as a magician.<ref name=telegobit /> == Showbusiness career == Daniels' interest in magic began at the age of 11 when, during a holiday, he read a book called ''[[How to Entertain at Parties]]''. He began performing magic as a hobby, occasionally entertaining at parties and youth clubs and later doing shows for fellow servicemen during his national service.<ref name="howpaulgotintomagic">{{cite web |url = http://www.pauldaniels.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=1 |title = How Paul got into showbusiness |publisher = Paul Daniels |accessdate = 7 May 2007}}</ref> After returning to civilian life he continued to develop his magic by performing in clubs in the evenings while working at his grocery business during the day. At one point he worked with his first wife Jackie under the name of "The Eldani's", an anagram of Daniels. It was while working the clubs that he developed what would become his long-running [[catchphrase]], "You'll like this&nbsp;... not a lot, but you'll like it." He stated that he first came up with the line at a club in [[Bradford]] as a way to deal with a heckler.<ref name=mag1c4>{{cite web |url = http://www.regtransfers.co.uk/main/STORIES/mag1c4.asp |title = Now, that's MAG 1C |publisher = Regtransfers |accessdate = 25 November 2007}}</ref> A major turning point in Daniels' career came in 1969 when he was offered a summer season in [[Newquay]] in Cornwall. He decided to sell his grocery business and try magic as a full-time career. He made his television debut on the long-running [[talent show]] ''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' in 1970, and came second. [[Television producer]] [[Johnnie Hamp]] saw Daniels in that show and later gave him a regular spot on a show compèred by [[Bernard Manning]], ''[[The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club]]'', for [[Granada Television]].<ref name=mag1c4 /> In 1978 ITV gave Daniels his own Sunday night show, ''Paul Daniels' Blackpool Bonanza''.<ref name=telegobit>{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/celebrity-obituaries/12170117/Paul-Daniels-magician-obituary.html | work = The Daily Telegraph| accessdate = 17 March 2016 | date = 17 March 2016 | title = Paul Daniels, magician – obituary}}</ref> His first series for the [[BBC]] was ''For My Next Trick'', where Daniels appeared with several other magicians and singer [[Faith Brown]].<ref name=guardobit /> This led to Daniels presenting his own television series, ''[[The Paul Daniels Magic Show]]'', on [[BBC1]] from 1979 until 1994.<ref name=telegobit /> As well as featuring tricks and illusions for pure entertainment, he also included a regular segment (the "Bunko Booth") in which he exposed the confidence tricks of street charlatans. He also replicated the kind of results that have impressed researchers of the paranormal and parapsychologists in a segment called ''Under Laboratory Conditions'', thereby demonstrating his scepticism about claims made in these fields.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/03/07/paul-daniels-the-definitive-tv-magician-had-a-surprisingly-subve/ | title = Paul Daniels: the definitive TV magician, had a surprisingly subversive side | date = 17 March 2016 | accessdate = 17 March 2016 | first = Michael| last = Hogan | work = The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> Daniels starred in his own stage show, ''It's Magic'', at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] from 10 December 1980 until 6 February 1982.<ref name=telegobit /> At that time, the show was one of the longest-running magic shows ever staged in London. By this point he was already working with his future wife, [[Debbie McGee]], whose role as his assistant would become a major feature of his act. She had first worked with him on his summer season show in [[Great Yarmouth]] in 1979.<ref name=telegobit /> In addition to his magic shows he hosted other television series during the 1980s and 1990s, including three BBC1 quiz shows: ''[[Odd One Out]]'', ''[[Every Second Counts (UK game show)|Every Second Counts]]'' and ''[[Wipeout (UK game show)|Wipeout]]'' (all of which were based off short-lived American game shows), and the children's television programme ''[[Wizbit]]'' (also for the BBC), about a magician called Wizbit and a rabbit called Woolly, who lived in Puzzleopolis.<ref name=guardobit /> In 1987, Daniels hosted a controversial [[Halloween]] live special of his magic show where he replicated a [[Harry Houdini]] escape from an [[iron maiden]]. The trick was deliberately staged to give the illusion that the escape had gone tragically wrong and Daniels had been killed – he was later broadcast as having successfully escaped from the device.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/17/paul-daniels-best-clips-from-the-iron-maiden-to-disappearing-elephants| title = Paul Daniels' best clips, from the Iron Maiden to disappearing elephants | first = John | last = Plunkett| accessdate = 17 March 2016}}</ref> He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1988 when he was surprised by [[Michael Aspel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigredbook.info/paul_daniels.html |title=Paul Daniels |publisher=Bigredbook.info |date= |accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref> Daniels and McGee were the focus of one of the episodes of the 2001 BBC documentary series ''[[When Louis Met...]]'', presented by [[Louis Theroux]],<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/paul-daniels-dead-re-live-his-surreal-shopping-trip-with-louis-theroux-a6936191.html | work = The Independent | date =17 March 2016 | accessdate = 17 March 2016 | title = Paul Daniels dead: Re-live his surreal shopping trip with Louis Theroux | first = Christopher | last = Hooton}}</ref> with Daniels additionally appearing on ''[[Da Ali G Show]]'' in an [[Ali G]] costume, and was interviewed by [[Caroline Aherne]] in her guise as [[Mrs Merton]].<ref name=telegobit /> In 2004, Daniels and McGee appeared in the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] reality TV show, ''[[The Farm (UK TV series)|The Farm]]'', and in 2006, they appeared in the [[ITV Network|ITV]] show ''[[The X Factor: Battle of the Stars]]''.<ref name=guardobit /> They were the first act voted off the show, after singing "[[Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams song)|Let Me Entertain You]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]. Daniels and McGee also made a guest appearance in the ''[[Wife Swap (UK TV series)|Wife Swap]]'' series in early 2007, with McGee changing places with journalist and presenter [[Vanessa Feltz]].<ref name=guardobit /> In 2010, he competed in [[Strictly Come Dancing]] with his partner [[Ola Jordan]]. They were consistently criticised by the judges and were the second couple to leave the competition. In August 2011, while filming a scene for ITV's ''[[Sooty (2011 TV series)|Sooty]]'', Daniels was struck by a flying pizza, thrown by the puppet [[Sooty]]. He got a piece of pizza in his eye and called in to a cottage hospital for them to rinse it out.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/8678482/Paul-Daniels-injured-in-Sooty-pizza-throwing-accident.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=3 August 2011 |accessdate=17 July 2013 |location=London |title=Paul Daniels injured in Sooty pizza-throwing accident}}</ref> Later that month, he appeared with his son, Martin, on episode 9 of the first season of ''[[Penn & Teller: Fool Us]]''. On 10 October 2012, Daniels and McGee appeared on ''[[All Star Mr & Mrs]]'' on [[ITV Network|ITV]].<ref name=guardobit>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/17/paul-daniels-tv-magician-dies-aged-77 | work = The Guardian | date = 17 March 2016 | accessdate = 17 March 2016 | title = Paul Daniels, TV magician, dies aged 77 | first = Hannah | last=Ellis-Petersen |first2=Jessica |last2=Elgot}}</ref> In 2008 and 2010, Daniels toured with 'The Best of British Variety Tour', with acts including [[Cannon and Ball]], [[Christopher Biggins]], [[Frank Carson]] and [[The Krankies]], where he closed the first half of the show. In 2013, Daniels and Debbie McGee toured their 'First Farewell Tour',<ref>{{cite web | publisher=pauldaniels.co.uk | url=http://pauldaniels.co.uk/tour-dates/ | title=First Farewell Tour | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101134/http://pauldaniels.co.uk/tour-dates/ | archivedate=2 February 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> followed by a tour comically entitled 'Back Despite Popular Demand Tour' a year later. They toured 'The Intimate Tour' in 2015. They starred in the Pantomime 'Aladdin', at the Ipswich Regent Theatre from December 2015 until January 2016, completing the run a few days before Paul was taken ill. == Awards == Daniels was awarded the prestigious "Magician of the Year’" Award by the [[The Magic Castle#Magician of the Year|Academy of Magical Arts]] in 1982, and was the first magician from outside the US to receive it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/ | title=Academy of Magical Arts @ Magic Castle Magician of the Year}}</ref> An [[Easter]] special of ''The Paul Daniels Magic Show'' won the [[Rose d'Or|Golden Rose of Montreux]] Award at the International TV Festival in Switzerland in 1985.<ref name=bbcobit>{{cite web | url =http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13144271| title = Obituary: Paul Daniels| publisher = BBC News | date = 17 March 2016 | accessdate = 17 March 2016}}</ref> Daniels was the recipient of ''The Maskelyne'', awarded for services to British Magic by [[the Magic Circle]] in 1988.<ref>Dawes, EA and Bailey, M: ''Circle Without End: The Magic Circle 1905–2005'', page 89. Jeremy Mills Publishing, 2005.</ref> Daniels was also awarded the "Great Lafayette Award" by the [[Edinburgh International Magic Festival (MagicFest)|Edinburgh International Magic Festival]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2011/07/edinburgh-magic-fest-will-reappear-next-year/?wpmp_switcher=mobile |title=Edinburgh Magic Fest will reappear next year!|work=The Edinburgh Reporter|date=26 July 2011|accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref> == Politics and other views == Daniels was a supporter of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/paul-daniels-how-the-entertainer-took-magic-out-of-the-theatre-and-transported-it-to-our-televisions-a6936766.html | title= Paul Daniels: How the entertainer took magic out of the theatre and transported it to our televisions | work=The Independent | first=Ian | last=Burrell | date=17 March 2016 | accessdate=22 March 2016}}</ref> He was reported to have considered leaving the UK with the election of a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] government at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/news/vote2001/hi/english/newsid_1320000/1320850.stm | title= Are you still here? | work=BBC News | date=21 May 2001 | accessdate=18 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21649051-celebrities-often-threaten-leave-britain-if-labour-comes-power-they-tend-not-go-should-i|title=Should I stay or should I go?|work=The Economist|accessdate=4 July 2016|date=21 April 2015}}</ref> Daniels later said that his views had been misrepresented and he would only have considered leaving if they raised income tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pauldaniels.co.uk/faq/|title=Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=Paul Daniels Magic World|accessdate=2 February 2014}}</ref> Daniels stated that he had limited sympathy with the [[homelessness|homeless]] because he had come from a "very poor" background and "grafted" to achieve his success.<ref name="sameoldmagic" /> In 2011, he tweeted that he did not consider the term "[[Paki (slur)|Paki]]" to be any more offensive than the word "Brit" and described those who held the opposite view of being excessively [[political correctness|politically correct]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8335408/Paul-Daniels-accused-of-racism-after-Paki-tweet.html|title=Paul Daniels accused of racism after 'Paki' tweet|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> Daniels was personally affected by the [[Winter storms of 2013–2014 in the United Kingdom|winter storms of 2013–2014]] and described himself in an interview for ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' as a [[Climate change denial|climate change sceptic]], instead attributing flooding to changes in procedures of [[The Environment Agency]], particularly with regards to [[dredging]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/paul-daniels-most-of-the-time-we-live-in-heaven-video|title=Paul Daniels: 'most of the time we live in heaven' – video|publisher=Channel 4 News|accessdate=13 February 2014}}</ref> He supported the hereditary system in the [[House of Lords]], expressing pro-aristocratic views.<ref name="pbroadhurst" /> On the subject of [[criminal justice]], he once publicly offered to help the murderer [[Ian Huntley]] end his own life.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13144271 |title = Obituary: Paul Daniels |publisher = BBC News |date = 17 March 2016 |accessdate = 4 July 2016 }}</ref> Daniels refused to attend magic conferences in the UK since they "...were ruined for me by bitchiness and jealousy...now I only go to foreign conventions where, to be honest, I am greeted with respect and civility AND I have tons of 'foreign' magician friends."<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.magicbunny.co.uk/interviews/paul.php |title = interview with Paul Daniels |publisher = magicbunny.co.uk |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080828005741/http://www.magicbunny.co.uk/interviews/paul.php |archivedate = 28 August 2008 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> He was dismissive of modern [[illusionist]]s, once describing [[David Blaine]] as "not very original".<ref name="sameoldmagic" /><ref name="pbroadhurst">{{cite web |url = http://pennybroadhurst.com/pdinterview.htm |title = Paul Daniels Interview |publisher = pennybroadhurst.com |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050205084700/http://pennybroadhurst.com/pdinterview.htm |archivedate = 5 February 2005 }}</ref> He commented on other television personalities such as [[Anne Robinson]] and [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]], claiming that Robinson had hated him ever since his 1987 [[Halloween]] special [[hoax]] performance,<ref name="pbroadhurst" /> while describing Morris as "just nasty."<ref name="pbroadhurst" /> He was dismissive of the younger generation of [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionists]], saying: "Forget [[Alistair McGowan]]. There's been no-one good since [[Mike Yarwood]]."<ref name="pbroadhurst" /> Daniels was also critical of journalists, stating "I don't really understand why journalism has to be so nasty, so sarcastic and intrusive".<ref name="pbroadhurst" /> Following the [[Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal]] in 2012, Daniels said that he believed fellow BBC broadcaster [[Jimmy Savile]] was "undoubtedly a bad guy" but questioned whether some accusers were "for real".<ref name=guardian-paul-daniels-questions-savile-accusers /> His comments were criticised by the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children|NSPCC]] and [[Mark Williams-Thomas]], the former child protection officer who had exposed Savile's crimes. Williams-Thomas accused Daniels of "belittling" the victims of Jimmy Savile in one of his blog posts.<ref name=guardian-paul-daniels-questions-savile-accusers /><ref name="blog" /> The entry was later removed from the blog.<ref name=guardian-paul-daniels-questions-savile-accusers /> == Family and personal life == Daniels married his first wife, Jacqueline Skipworth (born 1942), in 1960, when she was 17 and he was 21. They had three sons together: Gary, Paul and [[Martin Daniels|Martin]]. All three sons occasionally appeared on ''The Paul Daniels Magic Show'' in varying capacities. Paul's father, Hughie, often made props for the show, such as wooden boxes for the [[P.T. Selbit|Selbit Sawing]] illusion, whilst his mother, Nancy, sewed the stage curtains for his theatre tours.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=pauldaniels.co.uk | url=http://pauldaniels.co.uk/my-mother-2 | title=My mother}}</ref> Daniels married his second wife, long-time assistant [[Debbie McGee]], on 2 April 1988 in [[Buckinghamshire]]. The couple met in London in May 1979 during rehearsals for Daniels' summer season show in [[Great Yarmouth]] that year. When they married, he was 50 and she was 29. McGee went on to work with Daniels in his 1980 summer show in [[Bournemouth]] and then his London stage show ''It's Magic'' before being offered the role of assistant in his long-running television series. Their relationship gradually became more established until he proposed in 1987. Early in their marriage they lived in a house in [[Denham, Buckinghamshire|Denham]] that once belonged to [[Roger Moore]]. In 1998 they moved to a house on the banks of the [[River Thames]] at [[Wargrave]] in [[Berkshire]].<ref name="debs_delight">{{Cite journal |url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2000/08/28/tldeb28.xml |first = Rebecca |last = Tyrrel |title = Deb's delight |journal = Telegraph.co.uk |date = August 2000 |accessdate = 18 November 2007 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225134041/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fhealth%2F2000%2F08%2F28%2Ftldeb28.xml |archivedate = 25 December 2007 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="weddingtv">{{cite web |url = http://www.weddingtv.com/?aid=206 |title = Debbie McGee Chats to Us about Her Celebrity Wedding to Paul Daniels |publisher = Weddingtv.com |accessdate = 18 November 2007 }}</ref> Daniels' autobiography, ''Under No Illusion'', includes descriptions of his and McGee's joking life: {{bq|1=I was writing and needed to concentrate, so I had a "Do Not Disturb" sign on my back. Eventually I went to bed and Debbie was lying stark naked on the bed – eat your heart out fellas! She was wearing the sort of sleeping blindfold you get on long-haul flights. Printed on it was ''Do Not Disturb''. But further down her body she had a sign that said ''Disturb''!"<ref name="sameoldmagic" />}} Daniels also claimed in the book to have had, as of 2000, [[sexual relations]] with more than 300 women.<ref name="sameoldmagic">{{Cite journal |url = https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,436664,00.html |title = The same old magic |first = Libby |last = Brooks |journal = The Guardian online |publisher = Guardian Newspapers Limited |date = 12 February 2001 |accessdate = 8 April 2007}}</ref> He said that he had a "passionate" encounter with a schoolgirl hitch-hiker in 1969 when he was aged 30, though he ejected her from the car upon realising her age.<ref name=guardian-paul-daniels-questions-savile-accusers>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/24/paul-daniels-questions-savile-accusers |title=Paul Daniels questions whether all Savile accusers 'are for real' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 December 2012 |accessdate=24 December 2012 |last=Meikle |first=James |location=London}}</ref><ref name="blog">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9765331/Paul-Daniels-accused-of-trivialising-and-belittling-Jimmy-Savile-sex-abuse-victims.html | title=Paul Daniels accused of 'trivialising and belittling' Jimmy Savile sex abuse victims | work=The Telegraph | accessdate=24 December 2012 | location=London | first=Steven | last=Swinford | date=24 December 2012}}</ref> Daniels maintained a website that includes personal information, a detailed [[blog]] and podcasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pauldaniels.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=2&Itemid=10 |title=Paul Daniels |publisher=Paul Daniels |accessdate=24 January 2011}}</ref> In 2007, Daniels took part in the [[BBC Wales]] programme ''[[Coming Home (UK TV series)|Coming Home]]'' about his Welsh family history.<ref>{{cite web|author=20:00 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007d2z5 |title=BBC One – Coming Home, Series 2, Paul Daniels |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=17 April 2008 |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Journal |first=Carmarthen |url=http://www.carmarthenjournal.co.uk/Magician-set-goodbye/story-19528575-detail/story.html |title=Magician all set for his first goodbye |publisher=Carmarthen Journal |date=17 July 2013 |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> In 2012, Daniels cut off his left index finger and the tip of his ring finger, in an accident with a [[circular saw]], in the garden shed of his [[Wargrave]] home. He drove himself from his home to hospital in [[Henley-on-Thames]], where the index finger was reattached.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16664742 | work=BBC News | title=Paul Daniels' finger reattached after saw accident | date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Holehouse|first=Matthew|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9029485/Paul-Daniels-chops-off-finger-with-circular-saw-while-building-props.html|title=Paul Daniels chops off finger with circular saw while building props|work=The Telegraph|location=London|date=21 January 2012|accessdate=6 March 2016}}</ref> ==Health problems and death== On 20 February 2016, Daniels had a fall and was taken to hospital, where he was treated by medical staff for suspected [[pernicious anemia]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Debbie McGee relives much-loved hubby’s passing: Paul whispered ‘I love you’ then fell into a coma|url = https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1093280/debbie-mcgee-relives-much-loved-hubbys-passing-paul-whispered-i-love-you-then-fell-into-a-coma/|work = The Sun|access-date = 28 June 2016}}</ref> However it was later discovered that he had an incurable [[brain tumour]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Paul Daniels 'diagnosed with incurable brain tumour'|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35621313|work = BBC News|access-date = 20 February 2016}}</ref> He died less than a month later on 17 March, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35829251|title=Magician Paul Daniels dies aged 77|work=BBC News|accessdate=17 March 2016}}</ref> Tributes included one from fellow magician [[Dynamo (magician)|Dynamo]]: “Paul was truly a giant of the entertainment world who really defined magic for over 20 years,” he said. “As a working-class magician from the North, he was personally a huge inspiration for me and I know that he has inspired countless magicians around the world and will forever be known as one of the all-time greats.”<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/paul-daniels-how-the-entertainer-took-magic-out-of-the-theatre-and-transported-it-to-our-televisions-a6936766.html | title= Paul Daniels: How the entertainer took magic out of the theatre and transported it to our televisions | work=The Independent | first=Ian | last=Burrell | date=17 March 2016 | accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist|30em}} === Bibliography === * Paul Daniels, ''Under No Illusion'', Blake Publishing (May 2000), {{ISBN|1-85782-314-1}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|www.pauldaniels.co.uk}} * [http://www.pauldaniels.co.uk/blog Paul Daniels' weblog] * {{IMDb name| 0200050 |Paul Daniels}} === Videoclips === * {{YouTube|1d09MsMkBuI|Chimpanzee card trick}} * {{YouTube|B4Yu1_qcFTU|Advertising Heineken}} * {{YouTube|wINvyd9ifcY|Let Me Entertain You – Celebrity X Factor 2006}} {{s-start}} {{succession box| before= None| title=Host of ''[[Wipeout (UK game show)|Wipeout]]''| years=1994–1997| after= [[Bob Monkhouse]] }} {{s-end}} {{Academy of Magical Arts Magician of the Year |state=autocollapse}} {{The Magic Circle - The David Devant Award |state=autocollapse}} {{The Magic Circle - The Maskelyne Award |state=autocollapse}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniels, Paul}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:BBC television presenters]] [[Category:Deaths from cancer in England]] [[Category:Comedians from Yorkshire]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) people]] [[Category:Grand Order of Water Rats members]] [[Category:Deaths from brain tumor]] [[Category:English game show hosts]] [[Category:English magicians]] [[Category:English television presenters]] [[Category:Magician of the Year Award winners]] [[Category:People educated at Sir William Turner's Grammar School, Redcar]] [[Category:People from South Bank]] [[Category:People from Wargrave]] [[Category:Professional magicians]] [[Category:Television personalities from Yorkshire]] [[Category:The X Factor (UK TV series) contestants]]'