James Randi — “The Amazing Randi” — died yesterday at age 92.
The James Randi Educational Foundation announced his death in a brief post today, saying simply, “We are very sad to say that James Randi passed away yesterday, due to age-related causes. He had an Amazing life. We will miss him.”
We are very sad to say that James Randi passed away yesterday, due to age-related causes.
He had an amazing life. We will miss him.
Please respect Deyvi Peña’s privacy during this difficult time.
— Randi Foundation (@jref) October 21, 2020
Randi’s partner José Alvarez, whom he married in 2013, posted this on Instagram:
Magician Penn Jillette added:
Goodbye to the truly Amazing James Randi, our inspiration, mentor and dear friend. We will love you forever. @jref pic.twitter.com/bwgvWnvcoD
— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) October 21, 2020
The last picture of me and Randi. I can’t type through the tears. This will be a hard day of making tv. I love you Randi. You invented us. pic.twitter.com/z2SKY59Jtb
— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) October 21, 2020
I’ll post more later. For now, I just needed to get this up. We knew this day would come soon but it doesn’t make it any less heartbreaking. There’s no one in the broader skeptical “movement” that had as much influence as Randi did on generations of debunkers, illusionists, and just plain critical thinkers.
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