John H. Shrum, 61;

Art Director, Magic Castle Designer

John H. Shrum, 61, an art director who designed the Magic Castle, Hollywood’s well-known magicians’ club, and the set designer for “The Tonight Show” since Johnny Carson moved to the West Coast. Shrum also turned an old theater in Santa Monica into the Mayfair Music Hall and converted an aging (1924), 7-story former women’s club into the Variety Arts Center in downtown Los Angeles. In Los Angeles on Saturday of an apparent heart attack.