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.
How did Houdini die? Houdini, a Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer was born on March 24, 1874 in Erik Weisz, Budapest. On Halloween day in 1926, he died of peritonitist caused by a ruptured appendix. In many years, it has been said that an overzealous college kid killed him by a blow to his abdomen.