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Houdini’s Death
It has become known that Houdini the “handcuff king,” who died recently in New York, addressed a class of students in Canada on spiritualistic tricks. He commented in his address on the phenomenal strength of his abdominal muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows without injury. Without warning one of the students struck him twice over the appendix. He suffered no distress at the time, but in the train complained of pain. His doctor at Detroit advised an immediate operation. Houdini however, refused to disappoint his admirers, and gave his usual show at the Garrick Theatre, though as it subsequently appeared, the student’s blow had ruptured his appendix. Peritonitis developed after the operation.
The New York Times
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