Dan and Linda Broderick supporters Â· January 8, 2014 Â· I'm thinking with all the likes and new comments I'm getting on this page today, the Betty Broderick movies must have been on last night.
Death Summary: He died of peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix. He died at Grace Hospital in Michigan, Detroit. There are 2 major legends surrounding Houdinis death. The first one is that he died because of a blow in his abdomen, caused by a college student. The second one is that he died during an underwater escape. Ehrich Weiss was Houdini's real name. Who was Harry Houdini: Magician and escape artist.
Houdini is buried in Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, New York. Although Houdini claimed to have been born on April 6, 1874 in Appleton, Wisconsin, he actually was born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. Recently discovered ship's logs indicate that the Weiss family moved to Appleton when Houdini was a toddler.