He would tie himself up in chains, and try to break free before drowning in a tank of water.
He would strengthen his stomach and ask fans to punch him.
He would also do disappearing tricks and end up in a trunk wrapped in chains. He would even handcuff himself and try to break free. Everyone loved him.
But there are some mysteries surrounding how he died.
At the age of 52, he would ask a young kid to punch him in the stomach and apparently, without strengthening his stomach muscles, he ended up rupturing his appendix and died months later.
There are stories surrounding this theory on "Houdini dies from a punch to the gut", then again, it could have been anything else. Appendicitis that was not discovered until too late, or a young kid who really did kill Harry Houdini.
Before his death, he started in voice recordings, aviation and movie rolls. Such as: The master Mystery.
There are movies portraying him, from Adrian Brody in a small tv miniseries, to Tony Curtis in the 1953 movie.
It might not be a huge mystery about Houdini's death, but some people still believe it was appendicitis while others think otherwise.
Even though he's gone, his tricks still live on, from the famous handcuffs to the Chinese Waterscape torture.
Even a milk can escape trick that was mimicked on an episode of the Simpsons where Lisa learns how it is really done while learning magic from an old magician voiced by the late Martin Landau.
Houdini's brother, Theodore, did most of the milk can escape trick.
He is always remembered for his tricks, illusions and of course his death.
Even though he died at the age of 52, his illusions and tricks will live on in his memories, even if it's portrayed by movie or tv show. His family, including his great grand nephew, George Hardeen who never found out about Harry Houdini until he was a teenager.
Harry might have died early, and his death could remain a mystery, but it seems we will never forget his wonderful illusions and tricks that made him famous, and stunned audiences.
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