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    What year did Harry Houdini die?

    Question #3370. Asked by YANKEE. (Jun 20 00 9:24 PM)


    Susan Mann

    		Harry Houdini died October 31, 1926.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini

    [Link added Feb. 21, 2008 by Zbeckabee]

    Jun 20 00, 9:32 PM
    AOR

    		Houdini, Harry (b. Ehrich Weiss) 1874 - 1926

    Magician, escapologist; born in Budapest, Hungary. The son of a rabbi, he emigrated to Appleton, Wisconsin, and borrowed the name of a French magician. An established vaudeville star in England and America by 1900, he specialized in escaping from padlocked chains, cells, straitjackets, and underwater boxes. His escapes in public locales were covered in the international press and in 1910 he started a company to film his feats. Founder of the Society of American Magicians, he campaigned against mind readers and mediums who claimed to possess supernatural powers, but he encouraged attempts to contact him through a medium after his death.
    Source: http://www.biography.com

    Jun 20 00, 9:48 PM

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