David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth

 
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:04 pm    Post subject: David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth

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By Jane Sutton Tue Aug 15, 11:43 AM ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - The man who made the Statue of Liberty appear to vanish may soon claim to do the same for unsightly bags and wrinkles.

Master illusionist David Copperfield says he has found the "Fountain of Youth" in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster of four tiny islands he recently bought for $50 million (26.4 million pounds).

One of his islands in the Exuma chain, Musha Cay, is a private resort that rents for up to $300,000 a week and the other islands serve as buffers to keep prying eyes away from celebrity guests on the white sand beaches.

Copperfield is coy about his reasons for the Fountain of Youth claim, but the man best known for entertaining with grand deception insists his archipelago also contains the legendary waters that bestow perpetual youth. Seriously.

"I've discovered a true phenomenon," he told Reuters in a telephone interview. "You can take dead leaves, they come in contact with the water, they become full of life again. ... Bugs or insects that are near death, come in contact with the water, they'll fly away. It's an amazing thing, very, very exciting."

Copperfield, who turns 50 next month, said he had hired biologists and geologists to examine its potential effect on humans but he's not inviting visitors to swim in or drink from it just yet.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:56 pm    Post subject:

That guy has $50 million??
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:01 pm    Post subject:

According to Forbes he made about $57 M last year alone:

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/62B2.html
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:53 pm    Post subject:



I didn't know he made that much either, wow. I want my own island.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:01 pm    Post subject:

Given some of the rumors about his personal life, one could go in a different direction with the whole finding a "fountain of youth" thing, but I won't be the one...
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:39 pm    Post subject:

He is well on his way to replacing john edward as "biggest douche in the universe"
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:28 pm    Post subject:

his vegas contract is huge and when he was at his peak on TV he was paid 12mil plus per TV special
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:42 pm    Post subject:

da ocho wrote:
He is well on his way to replacing john edward as "biggest douche in the universe"





I just fell off my chair laughing!!!!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:04 am    Post subject:

Oh man, I saw this guy live a couple years ago and my buddy ended up on stage for the finale trick. He met him backstage and confirmed da ochos report of ultimate douche-ness.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:27 am    Post subject:

david who?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:43 am    Post subject:

ArrOhBee wrote:
david who?


You know the guy from that Charles Dickens novel.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:29 am    Post subject:

yea,. i actually heard of this today on kroq. It was funnybecause they made a comment on how were supposed to believe a guy whose cashed in on deceiving people.





BUt imagine if its true . It would make for some sweet TV ratings
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:31 am    Post subject:

Well, if the Holy Grail is supposedly real and in a museum thisfinding by Copperfield would be the liquid you drink with it, the NECTAR OF LIFE. That is if Indiana Jones taught us anything.
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