{"id":2473901,"date":"2026-06-24T17:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2473901"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:11:01","slug":"magician-daniel-hidden-26-found-dead-after-intensive-10-day-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/magician-daniel-hidden-26-found-dead-after-intensive-10-day-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Magician Daniel Hidden, 26, Found Dead After Intensive 10-Day Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Daniel Hidden, a popular Australian magician, was found dead at age 26 on June 24 after a multi-day search<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to his website, Hidden was a working magician, known for his \u201csaucy showmanship\u201d and his \u201coriginal routines of outstanding deceptions\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hidden was last seen on June 14 at 3 a.m. in Broadbeach, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Australia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Daniel Hidden, a popular Australian magician, was found dead after a 10-day search. He was 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hidden was last seen on June 14 at 3 a.m. in Broadbeach, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Australia, reported local outlets <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/world\/search-for-missing-gold-coast-magician-daniel-hidden-ends-in-tragedy\/TGK2CZ2BANBHXFAYSSO2YQAHPA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The New Zealand Herald;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The New Zealand Herald&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>The New Zealand Herald<\/em><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/missing-gold-coast-magician-daniel-hidden-found-dead-after-extensive-bushland-search-c-22477773\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:7News;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;7News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">7News<\/a>. Over the next week and a half, local and national authorities \u2014 including the Australian Defence Force, Queensland Police, the State Emergency Service, Queensland Fire Department and Rural Fire Service volunteers \u2014 launched a massive search effort, concluding on June 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">About 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the 26-year-old&#8217;s body was found in bushland at Mount Cougal National Park in Queensland, Australia, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mypolice.qld.gov.au\/missing-persons\/missing-man-broadbeach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Queensland Police press release;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Queensland Police press release&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Queensland Police press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Daniel Hidden<br \/>Credit: Daniel Hidden\/Facebook<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per 7News, Hidden&#8217;s vehicle was discovered on June 16 on a road several miles from the park, refocusing authorities&#8217; search to the rugged area. Authorities also believed, per 7News, that his phone was switched off shortly after he was last seen, and incoming calls were diverted to a full inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said in their press release that Hidden&#8217;s death was not being treated as suspicious, and authorities are continuing to investigate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.danielhidden.com\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:website;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;website&quot;}\" class=\"link \">website<\/a>, Hidden was a working magician, known for his \u201csaucy showmanship\u201d and his \u201coriginal routines of outstanding deceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/danielh1dd3n33\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Instagram;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, he maintained a following of over 7,000, seemingly last updating his account on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZYnNBAhUI1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:June 9;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;June 9&quot;}\" class=\"link \">June 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the comments of his final post, fans and friends shared tributes to the late performer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Daniel HiddenCredit: Daniel Hidden\/Facebook\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"385\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/hm1a.MzHy0Vt.EJEqhb72w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTg3OTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/1632144aeb17ac2f9c19a36d526b2d22\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Daniel Hidden<br \/>Credit: Daniel Hidden\/Facebook<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRip my bro was always fun times with ya,\u201d wrote one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRIP brother \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udda4\u201d posted another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wrote a third: \u201cRIP \u2728\u2728\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the days before authorities discovered his body, several of Hidden&#8217;s family members made emotional public pleas, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/family-of-missing-magician-daniel-hidden-plead-as-search-expands-in-remote-gold-coast-bushland-c-22468005\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:7News;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;7News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">7News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLots of crying,\u201d said Ilya Jamshidi, Hidden&#8217;s brother, about how he has spent his days since he had gone missing. \u201cMy personal life is put aside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe is my son and he is very strong,\u201d said Faranak, Hidden&#8217;s mother. \u201cI believe in him, but now it&#8217;s more than eight days passed. We need to find him, he needs help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/magician-daniel-hidden-found-dead-after-intensive-10-day-search-12005706\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Daniel Hidden, a popular Australian magician, was found dead at age 26 on June 24 after a multi-day search According to his website, Hidden was a working magician, known for his \u201csaucy showmanship\u201d and his \u201coriginal routines of outstanding deceptions\u201d Hidden was last seen on June 14 at 3 a.m. in Broadbeach, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2473902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[408728,323230,486832,420529,466646],"class_list":["post-2473901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-australian-defence-force","tag-daniel","tag-daniel-hidden","tag-hidden","tag-queensland-police"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Magician-Daniel-Hidden-26-Found-Dead-After-Intensive-10-Day-Search.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473903,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473901\/revisions\/2473903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2473902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}