Blaine was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He is the son of a single mother, Patrice White, a teacher with Russian Jewish origin, and a Vietnam War soldier with Italian and Puerto Rican ancestry.
When Blaine was four years old, he witnessed a magician perform magic tricks on the train. His lifelong passion was kindled by this.
He was brought up by his mother and went to a Brooklyn-based Montessori school.
They then relocated to Little Falls, New Jersey, where he attended Passaic Valley Regional High School.
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How much weight did David Blaine lose after endurance stunt?
According to several unnamed sources, the magician famously lost 52lbs, or 25 per cent of his original body weight, when he was suspended for 44 days in a perpex box dangled from a crane next to the Thames in London in 2003.
Having already been encased in ice, stood on a 100ft pole and ‘drowned alive’ in water for days on end, perhaps David is just fattening up for another stunt.
