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 ...

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, ...

Magician Marshall Brodien, who played “Wizzo the Wizard” on WGN-TV’s Bozo’s Circus for 26 years, died today at age 84. Here are some of his visits to WGN Radio as well as a conversation with his wife ...

RIP to the greatest magician Chicago ever knew. Marshall Brodien, who played “Wizzo the Wizard” on WGN-TV’s Bozo’s Circus for 26 years, died today at age 84. WGN Radio’s David Plier and Dean Richards ...

An Elgin magician is reviving a magical comic character well-known to baby boomers and Gen Xers who grew up watching WGN-TV’s “Bozo’s Circus.” Tom Holbrook will make his debut as Wizzo the Wacky ...

GENEVA, Ill. (AP) — It's been 15 years since Marshall Brodien spent his weekday mornings entertaining children as 'Wizzo the Wizard' on WGN's 'The Bozo Show.' But he's still quick to jump into ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...