With great sadness we learned that on February 8, 2011, PAVEL died from cancer in his home in Switzerland.

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1945 as Pavel Lubomir Pomezný, he became one of the most creative magicians of his generation.

His death is a serious loss for the magic community for, apart from being an excellent magician, he was also a prolific lecturer and writer. Everywhere in the world magicians are performing effects he invented or improved.

At the FISM World Championships in Lausanne in 1982 he was awarded the much coveted prize for invention.

We send our sincerest condolences to his family and many friends.