Photo © by Gregg Felsen
Houdini's grave in Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, New York.
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Harry Houdini, March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926 - Budapest, Austria-Hungary (born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss). Houdini was an American stunt performer, illusionist and escape artist known early in his career (and achieved notoriety on a Vaudeville stage) as Harry "Handcuff Houdini.
Harry Houdini died of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix, at 1:26 p.m. on October 31, 1926, in Room 401 at Detroit's Grace Hospital, aged 52. In his final days, he believed that he would recover, but his last words before dying were reportedly, "I'm tired of fighting.
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