many people refused to believe he was really dead, and thus it came about that his assistant, Washington Reeves, charged admission to view Rucker's corpse at the funeral home, bringing a dramatic close to a life spent in showmanship. He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York City. Publication Black Herman's Secrets of Magic-Mystery & Legerdemain (1925) and republished many times References Further reading Black Herman [Benjamin Rucker]. Secrets of Magic, Mystery, and Legerdemain. 1925. Republished in 1938 first by Empire Publishing, then by Dorene Publishing. This book was ghost-written by Mr. Young, who is also presumed to be the author pseudonymously known as Lewis de Claremont. Haskins, Jim and Kathleen Benson, Conjure Times, Walker & Co., New York, 2001. Patton, George. Black Jack: A Drama of Magic, Mystery and Legerdemain, Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2009. Reed, Ishmael. Mumbo-Jumbo'', New York: Doubleday, 1972. 19th-century births 1934 deaths People from Amherst, Virginia African-American male actors American magicians Vaudeville performers Deaths onstage Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) American male stage actors 20th-century African-American people