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- 2. One of the best-recognized names in magic is that of Harry Houdini. His ability to skillfully
- 3. Born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, on March 24, 1874, he was brought to the United
- 4. Taking his stage name from a famous French magician, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, young Harry set out to
- 5. With a friend, who was later replaced by Harry's brother Theodore (known as Dash), he formed
- 7. While working at Coney Island in New York, Harry met and married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner. Bess,
- 9. Houdini and his wife changed their act several times, at one point performing as spirit mediums.
- 12. Following a highly successful tour of England in 1900, Houdini's act was solidly booked in the
- 14. Onstage he might be tied hand and foot and nailed into a packing case, or submerged
- 17. Later in life, after several international tours, Harry Houdini made a number of motion pictures and
- 20. He died on Halloween 1926 in Detroit, Mich., after his appendix ruptured. He is buried in
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