Did David Blaine fake his 44-day fast which took place in London in 2003 (FYI, he supposedly lost 54 lbs by sitting in a glass box doing nothing, which equates to a
![David Blaine enters a glass box at Tower Bridge and is suspended 40ft above the River Thames where he hopes to survive 44 days without food Stock Photo - Alamy David Blaine enters a glass box at Tower Bridge and is suspended 40ft above the River Thames where he hopes to survive 44 days without food Stock Photo - Alamy](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2gx97kh/david-blaine-enters-a-glass-box-at-tower-bridge-and-is-suspended-40ft-above-the-river-thames-where-he-hopes-to-survive-44-days-without-food-2gx97kh.jpg)
David Blaine enters a glass box at Tower Bridge and is suspended 40ft above the River Thames where he hopes to survive 44 days without food Stock Photo - Alamy
![Remembering David Blaine's 44 days in a glass box, which frustrated the British public like no other act of performance art | The Independent | The Independent Remembering David Blaine's 44 days in a glass box, which frustrated the British public like no other act of performance art | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/09/05/11/gettyimages-2545252.jpg?quality=75&height=166&fit=bounds&format=pjpg&crop=16%3A9%2Coffset-y0.5&auto=webp)
Remembering David Blaine's 44 days in a glass box, which frustrated the British public like no other act of performance art | The Independent | The Independent
![Steve Carell hangs above Las Vegas Strip in plastic cage for magician movie role | Daily Mail Online Steve Carell hangs above Las Vegas Strip in plastic cage for magician movie role | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/11/article-2084951-0F684E3D00000578-111_634x884.jpg)
Steve Carell hangs above Las Vegas Strip in plastic cage for magician movie role | Daily Mail Online
![After 22 days of turning starvation into a stunt, the puzzle of David Blaine's ordeal remains - why? | UK news | The Guardian After 22 days of turning starvation into a stunt, the puzzle of David Blaine's ordeal remains - why? | UK news | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/arts/2003/09/29/blaine1.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none)
After 22 days of turning starvation into a stunt, the puzzle of David Blaine's ordeal remains - why? | UK news | The Guardian
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