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    Harry Houdini

    Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer

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  1. In 1918, he registered for selective service as Harry Handcuff Houdini. Death. Houdini died on October 31, 1926 at the age of 52 from peritonitis (swelling of the abdomen), possibly related to appendicitis and possibly related to punches to his stomach he had received about a week and a half earlier. Houdini and his wife Bess

  2. Apr 19, 2024 · Harry Houdini’s Cause of Death. Harry Houdini, the world’s most famous magician, died in Room 401 of Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, on October 31, 1926—fittingly, Halloween.

  3. Feb 9, 2010 · He fell ill on the train to Detroit, and, after performing one last time, was hospitalized. Doctors operated on him, but to no avail. The burst appendix poisoned his system, and on October 31 he...

  4. Mar 22, 2024 · Published March 22, 2024. Legend has it that Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 after an overeager fan punched him in the gut and caused his appendix to rupture — but the two events may not have been linked. Harry Houdini defied the impossible throughout a mystifying career that still makes him a household name today.

  5. Apr 3, 2014 · What is known is that he died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix on October 31, 1926, at the age of 52, in Detroit, Michigan. After his death, Houdini's props and effects...

  6. Mar 25, 2024 · Died: October 31, 1926, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (aged 52) Harry Houdini (born March 24, 1874, Budapest [ see Researcher’s Note ]—died October 31, 1926, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) was an American magician noted for his sensational escape acts.

  7. Oct 31, 2014 · October 31, 2014 10:30 AM EDT. In the cutthroat world of magicians and mediums, Harry Houdini made enemies. He had racked up so much ill will by the time of his mysterious death, in fact, that...

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