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US fans mark 100 years since Harry Houdini died in Detroit on Halloween, as questions over his death linger

Harry Houdini, the escape artist whose death on 31 October 1926 is marked today on its centenary, with a new book arguing student Joscelyn Gordon Whitehead did not deliver the fatal blow.
Harry Houdini, the escape artist whose death on 31 October 1926 is marked today on its centenary, with a new book arguing student Joscelyn Gordon Whitehead did not deliver the fatal blow.

Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874, died at Grace Hospital in Detroit on October 31, 1926, aged 52 — exactly 100 years ago today. A new book by retired surgeon Larrian Gillespie challenges the long-held theory that a punch from McGill student Joscelyn Gordon Whitehead caused the fatal appendicitis, potentially clearing his name after a century. Appleton, Wisconsin, where Houdini grew up, is unveiling a new historical marker in Houdini Plaza to mark the centenary.

Strand magazine is publishing a never-before-seen Houdini article on the anniversary, exploring the early performers who shaped his path into magic.

Escape artist Houdini II escaped a straitjacket suspended 80 feet above Hollywood's Magic Castle to mark the centenary, completing the stunt in under two minutes without a safety net.

Fox Nation has aired a three-part AI-generated series, 'Houdini: Back from the Dead', using just 80 seconds of surviving real voice recordings to reconstruct him.

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