Magician Criss Angel’s son has leukaemia
LAS Vegas magician Criss Angel says he’s cancelling shows for the first time in seven years to visit his young son, who was recently diagnosed with leukaemia.
THE magician, whose real name is Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, stars in Criss Angel BeLIEve by Cirque Du Soleil at the Luxor casino-hotel in Las Vegas.
A statement released on Friday said Angel was cancelling his shows beginning on Friday night through November 1 to be with his nearly two-year-old son, Johnny Crisstopher Sarantakos, in Australia.Tickets would be refunded or exchanged.The statement from the production said the boy was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia earlier this week. It says Angel had never missed a show in more than 3000 performances.