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category: Key Figures
summary: Friend and early manager of Uri Geller who encouraged his first public psychic
  performance in a Tel Aviv school hall in 1969.
tags:
- Person
- Stargate
- RemoteViewer
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[Shippi Strang](/people/shippi-strang/) was a friend and early manager of [Uri Geller](/people/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]

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[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.