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[vivien]

Day 28, and a shivery coincidence for you.

From the History Channel - This Day in History:

October 31, 1926
Houdini is dead

Harry Houdini, the most celebrated magician and escape artist of the 20th century, dies of peritonitis in a Detroit hospital. Twelve days before, Houdini had been talking to a group of students after a lecture in Montreal when he commented on the strength of his stomach muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows. Suddenly, one of the students punched Houdini twice in the stomach. The magician hadn't had time to prepare, and the blows ruptured his appendix. He fell ill on the train to Detroit, and, after performing one last time, was hospitalized. Doctors operated on him, but to no avail. The burst appendix poisoned his system, and on October 31 he died."

Comments

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Whoa! That's so sad... and creepy!

[newredshoes]

Have you ever read The Houdini Box? It was one of my favorite books in elementary school.

There's also a Kate Bush song about this!

[vivien]

I've heard about it, but never read it. COOL song. I like Kate.

[newredshoes]

Ahhh, Kate is so awesome! I only have Hounds of Love and The Dreaming, but she's my fifth most-played artist on iTunes, apparently. There were months when I listened to nothing else. She's pretty much made of win. :)