Chan Canasta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chan Canasta

magician, painter

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1920

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1999

Profession: painter, magician

Nationality: Poland, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Chan Canasta (born Chananel Mifelew, 9 January 1920 – 22 April 1999) was a pioneer of mental magic in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming the first TV celebrity magician in the 1950s, and then in later life he turned to painting.
Born in Kraków, Poland, he was the son of a Polish-Jewish educator.