{{Infobox person | name = Bob Cassidy | image = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Cassidy | birth_date = {{birth date |1949|06|23|}} | birth_place = Kearny, New Jersey, US | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|2|24|1949|06|23}} | death_place = | occupation = Mentalist, Speaker, Author | spouse = | parents = | television = | education = | 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),<ref>{{Citation | last = Wilmarth | first = Phil | title = Hocus In Focus | journal = The Linking Ring | volume = 76 | issue = 10 | pages = 115–116 |date=October 1996 }}</ref> ''The Principia Mentalia'' (1994), and ''The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vikingmagic.com/?nd=full&key=845|title=The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy-H&R|accessdate=16 September 2009}}</ref>
==Society== In 1978 Cassidy, and fellow mentalists Tony Raven, Scott Gordon, Mary Lynn, and Dian Buehlmeier, founded the Psychic Entertainers Association,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.p-e-a.org/founders.html|title=Psychic Entertainers Association Founders|accessdate=18 December 2009}}</ref> a mentalism international professional society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.p-e-a.org/about.html|title=About the Psychic Entertainers Association|accessdate=18 December 2009}}</ref>
==Awards== 1996 David Lederman Memorial Award for Creativity in Mentalism<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html|title=Psychic Entertainers Association:Awards|accessdate=29 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007073355/http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html|archivedate=7 October 2011}}</ref>
2011 Dunninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Professionalism in the Performance of Mentalism <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html|title=Psychic Entertainers Association:Awards|accessdate=29 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007073355/http://www.p-e-a.org/awards.html|archivedate=7 October 2011}}</ref>
==Books== *Pseudo-Mentally Yours (1977) *The Art of Mentalism (1983) *Principia Mentalia, Vol. 1 & 2 (1996) *The Art of Mentalism, Vol. 2 (1996)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com Video clips of Bob Cassidy in performance] *[http://www.lybrary.com/bob-cassidy-m-41.html His author page]
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