Editor's note: Brodien died early Friday. This information was incorrectly reported in an earlier posted version. Groundbreaking magician Marshall Brodien - known to a generation of television viewers ...

Marshall Brodien spent 26 years dazzling daily television audiences with magic tricks as the clown-wizard character Wizzo the Wizard on WGN-Ch. 9’s legendary “Bozo’s Circus” and its successor program, ...

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GENEVA, Ill. — Marshall Brodien, who played “Wizzo the Wizard” on WGN TV’s Bozo Show for 26 years, has died. He was 84-years-old. Word from his wife, Mary, is that he passed away after a long battle ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marshall Brodien, the Emmy-winning performer who played Wizzo the Wizard on Chicago’s “The Bozo Show,” has died, his former TV ...

CHICAGO -- One of the most beloved characters on "The Bozo Show" has died. Marshall Brodien, who played "Wizzo the Wizard" for 26 years, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He ...

Marshall Brodien, the Emmy-winning performer who played Wizzo the Wizard on Chicago’s “The Bozo Show,” has died, his former TV station WGN reported Friday. He was 84. He had been battling Alzheimer’s ...