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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.
Harry Houdini died of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix at 1:26 p.m. on October 31, 1926 in Room 401 at Detroit's Grace Hospital, aged 52. In his final days, he optimistically held to a strong belief that he would recover, but his last words before dying were reportedly, I'm tired of fighting..