escapologist

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In 2021, former escapologist Jonathan Goodwin, the fiancé of actress and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington, was paralysed after a TV stunt went wrong on the show America's Got Talent: Extreme.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023

Throughout the 60s and 70s Randi appeared on TV as a conjuror and escapologist.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2020

Yet her portrait of this womanizing, "self-destroyed escapologist" is softened by her high regard for his lush language.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2016

There were other calamities, too, from which Bowie, ever the escapologist, managed to flee unscathed, and even with his reputation—or his catalogue of hits—enhanced.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2016

Houdini turned to debunking mediums in his middle age as his career as an escapologist went into decline.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2014