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Henry is a native of [[Hanford, California]]. He reportedly had his first psychic experience at the age of 10, when he told his mother that his grandmother (who had cancer) was about to die, and that they should leave to see her; his grandmother's death was confirmed a few minutes later with a telephone call.<ref name=Bentley16Jan/> |
Henry is a native of [[Hanford, California]]. He reportedly had his first psychic experience at the age of 10, when he told his mother that his grandmother (who had cancer) was about to die, and that they should leave to see her; his grandmother's death was confirmed a few minutes later with a telephone call.<ref name=Bentley16Jan/> |
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After graduating from high school at age 15 and attending college to become a hospice nurse, Henry gained a celebrity clientele in Los Angeles, his business driven by word of mouth.<ref name=Bentley16Jan/> Henry began filming his ''E!'' television series when he was 19 years old.<ref name=Cohen12Jan/> |
After graduating from an accelerated high school program at age 15<ref name=Bentley16Jan/> and attending college to become a hospice nurse, Henry gained a celebrity clientele in Los Angeles, his business driven by word of mouth.<ref name=Bentley16Jan/> Henry began filming his ''E!'' television series when he was 19 years old.<ref name=Cohen12Jan/> |
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Henry reportedly welcomes skepticism about his work: “I am content with people asking questions", he told the ''Fresno Bee''.<ref name=Bentley16Jan/> Skeptical activist [[Susan Gerbic]] has dismissed Henry as one of many "grief vampires" who have gained recent cultural notoriety, and she is particularly critical of Henry's stated aspiration of offering counseling to parents who have lost children to suicide, a practice Gerbic describes as "prey[ing] on families when they are the most desperate and vulnerable".<ref name=Gerbic20Jan>{{cite web|title=Grief Vampires Don’t Come Out Only at Night|url=http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/grief_vampires_dont_come_out_only_at_night|date=January 20, 2016|accessdate=January 29, 2016|work=The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI)|first=Susan|last=Gerbic}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:50, 29 January 2016
Tyler Henry (born January 13, 1996[1]) is an American clairvoyant medium who appears in the U.S. television series Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry, which began broadcast on the E! Television Network in January 2016.[2]
Henry is a native of Hanford, California. He reportedly had his first psychic experience at the age of 10, when he told his mother that his grandmother (who had cancer) was about to die, and that they should leave to see her; his grandmother's death was confirmed a few minutes later with a telephone call.[2]
After graduating from an accelerated high school program at age 15[2] and attending college to become a hospice nurse, Henry gained a celebrity clientele in Los Angeles, his business driven by word of mouth.[2] Henry began filming his E! television series when he was 19 years old.[1]
Henry reportedly welcomes skepticism about his work: “I am content with people asking questions", he told the Fresno Bee.[2] Skeptical activist Susan Gerbic has dismissed Henry as one of many "grief vampires" who have gained recent cultural notoriety, and she is particularly critical of Henry's stated aspiration of offering counseling to parents who have lost children to suicide, a practice Gerbic describes as "prey[ing] on families when they are the most desperate and vulnerable".[3]
References
- ^ a b Cohen, Jess (January 12, 2016). "9 Things You Didn't Know About Hollywood Medium's Tyler Henry". E! Online. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Bentley, Rick (January 16, 2016). "Hanford's Tyler Henry shares gift on new E! TV series 'Hollywood Medium'". Fresno Bee. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
- ^ Gerbic, Susan (January 20, 2016). "Grief Vampires Don't Come Out Only at Night". The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). Retrieved January 29, 2016.