Has Penn of Penn and Teller lost weight?

Has Penn of Penn and Teller lost weight?

Penn Jillette can make just about anything disappear, but the famous illusionist performed perhaps his most dramatic (and riskiest) vanishing act on himself. The taller half of Penn & Teller dropped over 100 pounds by adopting an intensely restrictive diet several years ago.

How long did it take Penn to lose weight?

Jillette wondered if there was another way. After taking a deep dive into some internet research, the co-host of the CW’s “Penn & Teller: Fool Us!” avoided surgery by making a radical change to his eating habits and losing 105 pounds in just three months, a journey he chronicled in his bestselling 2017 book, “Presto!

Who passed away from Penn and Teller?

Joel Fischman, who originally booked Penn & Teller at Bally’s in 1993, died Thursday morning of cancer in Las Vegas. He was 70. Fischman also helped broker the magic duo’s deal at the Rio in 2001, and was a consulting producer of Penn & Teller’s production show until his passing.