Houdini eventually agreed to go to the hospital on Oct. 25, where, during an operation, the surgeon saw that his appendix had burst. On Oct. 31, he was dead. So, how did Harry Houdini die?

Houdini eventually agreed to go to the hospital on Oct. 25, where, during an operation, the surgeon saw that his appendix had burst. On Oct. 31, he was dead. So, how did Harry Houdini die?

Houdini died on Halloween night at Grace Hospital. His official cause of death listed was peritonitis, an infection and inflammation of the abdomen, typically caused by a rupture.

On the night of Feb. 6, 1922, more than 60 magicians in formal attire gathered at a hotel banquet room in Chicago to honor Harry Houdini, the self-styled "eclipsing sensation of the world." Then ...

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