Colin Fry

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Colin Fry
Born(1962-05-19)19 May 1962
Haywards Heath, Sussex, England
Died25 August 2015(2015-08-25) (aged 53)
Sussex, England
OccupationSpiritualist 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

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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."
  3. ^ Colin Fry: Medium who for more than 30 years entertained and comforted audiences on stage and on television. The Independent.
  4. ^ "TV psychic Colin Fry dies from lung cancer aged 53". ITV. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ "TV medium Colin Fry dies aged 53". BBC News. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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