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Houdini’s centennial spotlight: Fresh fight over when, how he died

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A century after his death, Harry Houdini remains a man we're still trying to learn more about. A rare essay by the iconic escape artist about magicians of the past has just been published for the first time, while a recent book revisits longtime questions about the cause and date of his death at…

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