Harry Houdini (original) (raw)

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April 16, 1874 - October 31, 1926Born Erich Weiss, Harry Houdini was a world famous escape artist and trapeze performer, as well as the inventor of the diving suit, and the first successful aviator in Australia. Houdini was not alone among masonic magicians, a group which included such notables as Harry Keller, Howard Thurston, and Harry Blackstone. His untimely death has been the topic of much folklore: his burst appendix was not caused by an earlier blow to his stomach nor did he collapse on stage. Initiated: July 17, 1923 Passed: July 31, 1923Raised: August 21, 1923 St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York Source: Denslow