Harry Houdini preparing to be submerged in a box in the East River, New York City, 1912. Weisz started his career with stunts early, performing trapeze at age nine before beginning a Vaudeville career in magic in 1891.

Yet, the mystery of his death does not end with that plausible explanation. Harry Houdini, one of history’s greatest magicians, was a master of illusions, stunts and death-defying escapes. He soon married and joined a circus where he began to develop and perfect his escape tricks. The great American escape artist and magician Houdini (immortalized by a memorable performance by Tony Curtis in the eponymous 1953 film) was born Erich Weiss on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary, though he often gave his birthplace as Appleton, Wisconsin, where he was raised. The Great Harry Houdini. Harry Houdini, the most celebrated magician and escape artist of the 20th century, dies of peritonitis in a Detroit hospital. Harry Houdini, Actor: The Man from Beyond. Houdini is het grote voorbeeld van Hans Klok. Nevertheless, an alternative opinion is that a punch could not have ruptured Houdini’s appendix and he was instead already suffering from appendicitis.

“Despite the nature of his vocation, he (Houdini) had a profound reverence for the Jewish faith and deep-seated filial affection for his parents and reverence for their memory.” [Library of Congress] 90 years ago on Halloween, Harry Houdini died in Detroit.

Houdini’s insurance company concluded that the death was due to the incident involving the abdominal blows. Harry had told her he would deliver a message to her in the form of a secret code, known only to her, if he were able to do so from the other side. Harry Houdini, geboren als Ehrich Weiss (Boedapest, 24 maart 1874 – Detroit, 31 oktober 1926), was een Hongaars-Amerikaans goochelaar en boeienkoning Levensloop ... De film Death Defying Acts heeft Harry Houdini als hoofdpersoon.


When his father died in 1890, Harry Houdini began working full time at amusement parks, museums, and theaters, trying his hand at magic and escape attempts.

He argued that they were charlatans who produced all of their effects through natural means and various tricks. Harry Houdini’s Death-Defying Career. In 1876, Mayer Weisz immigrated to the United States with the dream of a better life. At 17, Ehrich, now known as Harry Houdini, left his family to pursue his magic career.
By the age of twenty, Harry had been performing small acts throughout New York. The cause of Houdini’s death — on this day, Halloween, in 1926 — was officially a combination of appendicitis and peritonitis, an infection of the abdominal lining. Harry Houdini was born on March 24, 1874 as Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 1878.