[[Shippi Strang]] was a friend and early manager of [[Uri Geller]]. He encouraged Geller to put on his first public performance of mind reading and metal-bending in a Tel Aviv school hall in 1969. Strang's encouragement was instrumental in Geller's decision to pursue a public career as a psychic entertainer, which eventually led to his international fame.[^1] --- [^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.