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[Beatrice Houdini, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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[Houdini, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing front]

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Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-defying stunts. Houdini's signature tricks included escaping from handcuffs, straitjackets, and locked boxes, as well as diving into and out of tanks of water while shackled.

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01/01/1925
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