Colin Fry
Colin Fry | |
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Born | (1962-05-19)19 May 1962 Haywards Heath, Sussex, England |
Died | 25 August 2015(2015-08-25) (aged 53) Sussex, England |
Occupation | Spiritualist medium |
Colin Fry (19 May 1962 – 25 August 2015) was an English television personality, entertainer and self-proclaimed medium. He consistently professed his beliefs as a psychic and garnered a following across his career, whilst critics said his capabilities came from cold reading.[1][2]
Biography
Colin Fry was born on 19 May 1962 in Haywards Heath, Sussex. He claimed to have discovered psychic ability from the age of four [3] when he told his grandfather that his mother had “died and gone to heaven”. The next day his grandfather received a telegram that said his mother had died.
Fry hosted a number of television programmes dealing with the supernatural, including: Most Haunted, Psychic Private Eyes and 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry, produced by Living TV. Fry, who at one time performed under the stage name of "Lincoln", was exposed in 1992 when during a séance the lights were unexpectedly turned on and he was seen holding a spirit trumpet in the air, which the audience had been led to believe was being levitated by spiritual energy.[2]
In April 2015, Fry was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.[4] He died in Sussex on 25 August 2015, at the age of 53.[5]
References
- ^ "Double Exposure: An Evening with Colin Fry". Archived from the original on 8 September 2006. Examination of Fry's cold-reading techniques during a live performance.
- ^ a b "Colin Fry, medium - obituary". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 February 2016. "Sceptics countered that Fry's main talent lay in basic “cold reading” techniques – the art of analysing body language in order to make high-probability guesses about a person. In 1992 Fry was caught out at a séance when the lights were turned on unexpectedly, revealing that he was still holding a “spirit trumpet” that was meant to be suspended in mid-air."
- ^ Colin Fry: Medium who for more than 30 years entertained and comforted audiences on stage and on television. The Independent.
- ^ "TV psychic Colin Fry dies from lung cancer aged 53". ITV. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "TV medium Colin Fry dies aged 53". BBC News. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
External links
- Colin Fry at IMDb
- Colin Fry Interview
- Obituary in The Independent by Marcus Williamson
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