IT IS SO SAD TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF DOUG HENNING. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I GREW UP IN LAS VEGAS AND WAS ABLE TO SEE DOUG AND DEBBIE PERFORM AT VARIOUS HOTELS ON THE STRIP IN THE LATE 70'S EARLY 80'S. WHEN I WAS YOUNG PERSON DOUG'S LIVE PERFORMANCES AND TV SPECIALS WERE SUCH A TREAT AND DELGHT TO SEE. HIS STYLE WAS NON-TRADITIONAL AND SO INVITING TO ME. WITH ALL THE BIG BUDJET, TECHNICAL SHOWS ON THE L.V.STRIP THESE DAYS, DOUG'S WARM MANNER AND ABSORBING, SIMPLE SMILE ARE THE REAL MAGIC THAT STANDS UNMATCHED TODAY. DOUG'S MAGIC MADE ME LOOK PAST THE QUESTION OF HOW THE "TRICKS" WERE DONE, AND ON TO, WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL SHARE IN THE IMMORTAL SEARCH OF MIRACLE, WONDER AND MYSTERY.
PAUL GREGOR LOS ANGELES, CA