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  1. Bess Houdini
    Stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini

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  1. 11 Feb 1943 (aged 67) Needles, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Burial. Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA Show Map. Plot. Section 48, 184-10. Memorial ID. 2195. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 8. Flowers 720. Memorials. Region. North America. USA. New York. Westchester County. Hawthorne.

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      When his father died in 1890, Harry Houdini began working...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bess_HoudiniBess Houdini - Wikipedia

    Bess Houdini appeared as herself in the 1938 film Religious Racketeers (a.k.a. Mystic Circle Murder) directed by Frank O'Conner and produced by Fanchon Royer. In the film, she expressed her belief that communication with those who have died is impossible. The film sparked controversy among spiritualists, but was praised by magicians.

  3. Oct 30, 2014 · Nestled in the belt of cemeteries that rambles across Queens is the grave of Harry Houdini, the great escape artist and illusionist. Houdini died at the age of 52 on Halloween of 1926,...

  4. Feb 10, 2012 · That's because despite Houdini's wishes, Bess was not buried alongside him in the Weiss family plot. Instead Bess was buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. The reason for this has never been made 100% clear, but it's said that her family wanted her buried in a Catholic cemetery (consecrated ground and all that).

  5. Oct 31, 2011 · But Houdini was a vocal skeptic of the practice. And indeed, for someone who could get out of straitjackets, handcuffs and water tanks, Houdini has been unable to be reached beyond the grave.

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  7. Jun 6, 2012 · UPDATE: As you can read in the Comments below, a helpful contributor has discovered that this grave is located in Most Holy Trinity Cemetery, 685 Central Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. The plot sits at Block 82, Row 10, Grave 15.

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