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How Harry Houdini Died

##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn More Interesting Houdini Facts Text Version Harry Houdini died in Detroit, Michigan on Halloween in 1926.  Contrary to popular belief, he didn’t die in a performance, but rather died of a ruptured appendix.  Houdini had been suffering from appendicitis for several days when J. Gordon Whitehead decided to test Houdini’s claim that […]

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