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The official cause of Houdini’s death was listed as peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix.
Witnesses to an incident at Houdini's dressing room in the Princess Theatre in Montreal on October 22, 1926, speculated that Houdini's death was caused by Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead (1895–1954), who repeatedly struck Houdini's abdomen.
After a second operation on Oct. 28, and the introduction of a new anti-streptococcal serum, the great Houdini succumbed to overwhelming sepsis. He died on Oct. 31, 1926 at the age of 52. His...
Legend has it that Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 after an overeager fan punched him in the gut and caused his appendix to rupture — but the two events may not have been linked. Harry Houdini defied the impossible throughout a mystifying career that still makes him a household name today.
The official cause of Houdini's death was diffuse peritonitis, which is when a burst appendix spills bacteria into the abdominal cavity.
The stomach punches caught Houdini by surprise before he had time to prepare himself, however, resulting in a trauma that ruptured his appendix and ultimately caused his death a few weeks later.
On 31 October 1926, world-renowned escape artist Harry Houdini collapsed on stage in Michigan after performing the final show of his life in agony. He died that evening, and four days later his solemn funeral procession wound its way through New York City, attended by over 2,000 mourners.