Joanie Spina
Joanie Spina was a dancer, choreographer, and magician who became famous working with the renowned illusionist David Copperfield. As well as having pulmonary fibrosis, Spina was also treated for cancer. In 2014, she was due to have a lung and liver transplant, however she passed away before the procedure. She died in August 2014 at the age of 61.

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