Sleight-of-hand magic with playing cards; Off-Broadway show Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants; throwing cards at watermelons While Ricky Jay has long been considered one of the world’s great ...

Ricky Jay, a magician, historian of oddball entertainers and actor who appeared in "Boogie Nights" and other films, has died. He was 72. Jay died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, ...