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Images: Marshall Brodien through the years.

Magician Marshall Brodien, best remembered as Wizzo the Wizard from The Bozo Show, died on Friday, March 8.

Magician Marshall Brodien, best remembered as Wizzo the Wizard from The Bozo Show, died on Friday, March 8. Photo courtesy Marshall Brodien
Magician and long time Bozo show character Wizzo, Marshall Brodien shows off his magic tricks in Schaumburg in 1978. Brodien died on Thursday, March 8, 2019. He was 84 years old. Daily Herald file photo, 1978
Magician Marshall Brodien pictured doing his act in the 1950s. He is best remembered as Wizzo the Wizard from The Bozo Show. Photo courtesy Marshall Brodien
Magician and long time Bozo show character Wizzo, Marshall Brodien shows off his magic tricks in Schaumburg in 1978. Brodien died on Thursday, March 8, 2019. He was 84 years old. Daily Herald file photo, 1978
Magician and long time Bozo show character Wizzo, Marshall Brodien shows off his magic tricks in Schaumburg in 1978. Brodien died on Thursday, March 8, 2019. He was 84 years old. Daily Herald file photo, 1978
  Magician Marshall Brodien, best remembered as Wizzo the Wizard from The Bozo Show, died on Friday, March 8. RICK WEST/rwest@dailyherald.com
Magician Marshall Brodien pictured doing his act in the 1950s. He is best remembered as Wizzo the Wizard from The Bozo Show. Photo courtesy Marshall Brodien
  Magician Marshall Brodien, best remembered as Wizzo the Wizard from The Bozo Show, turned his basement into a museum featuring memorabilia from his career. RICK WEST/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Magician Marshall Brodien, best remembered as Wizzo the Wizard from The Bozo Show, turned his basement into a museum featuring memorabilia from his career. RICK WEST/rwest@dailyherald.com
Magician Marshall Brodien pictured doing his act, which included hypnosis, in the 1950s. Best remembered as Wizzo the Wizard from The Bozo Show. Photo courtesy Marshall Brodien
Marshall Brodien, famous magician and Wizzo the Wizard from the Bozo show, died on Friday, March 8. Photo courtesy Marshall Brodien
Marshall Brodien and his wife Mary Doyle in 2012. COURTESY OF MARY K. DOYLE
Marshall Brodien, famous magician and Wizzo the Wizard from the Bozo show, died on Friday, March 8. Photo courtesy Marshall Brodien
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