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Biography

Name: Harry Houdini
Variant Name: Erich Weiss
Birth Date: 1874
Death Date: October 31, 1926
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Place of Death: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: magician

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Biography of Harry Houdini
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Harry Houdini (1874-1926)--The Great Houdini--is a name that will forever define the term ''escape artist." As the Budapest-born, American-bred performer would so often proclaim, "No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle...


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Harry Houdini Quotes
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Harry Houdini ( 24 March 1874 – 31 October 1926 ) Hungarian-born American stage magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, film producer and investigator of spiritualist claims; born Weisz Erik he used the name Ehrich Weiss until legally...


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Houdini, Harry (1874-1926) Summary
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Before there was a Doug Henning, a David Copperfield, or a Siegfried and Roy, Harry Houdini was the celebrity magician without peer. A worldwide celebrity thanks to his relentless touring, he was the first entertainer to take full advantage of the...
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Harry Houdini Information
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Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 311926) whose birth name was Ehrich Weisz (which was changed to Erich Weiss when he immigrated to America), was a Hungarian American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever),...


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Family of Harry Houdini seeks exhumation of body to see if he was murdered.
3/23/2007: 505 words, approx. 2 pages
A team of forensic experts will test the remains of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini once his body is exhumed from a New York cemetery, searching for clues to his rumored murder, the head of the investigative team said Friday."Everything will be thoroughly analyzed,"...
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Houdini relatives against exhumation
3/27/2007: 415 words, approx. 1 pages
The family of Harry Houdini's widow wants to block a plan to exhume the escape artist's remains, saying a disinterment to determine whether he was murdered smacks of sensationalism."It is our firm belief that Bess Houdini would never approve of this," said a statement from...
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Divided family: Houdini widow's kin want his body undisturbed; grandnephew wants exhumation
3/27/2007: 415 words, approx. 1 pages
The family of Harry Houdini's widow wants to block a plan to exhume the escape artist's remains, saying a disinterment to determine whether he was murdered smacks of sensationalism."It is our firm belief that Bess Houdini would never approve of this," said a statement from...
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Events for March 23, 2007
3/22/2007: 296 words, approx. 1 pages
8:30 a.m. The Murphy Institute for Labor, Community, and Policy Studies and the New Labor Forum holds a breakfast forum featuring Jason Furman, director of The Hamilton Project, and Mark Levinson, senior fellow of The Economic Policy Institute, and moderated by Ed Ott, executive director...
 


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