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Revision as of 04:13, 14 February 2012

Harry Houdini Hinson
Borncirca 1914
DiedFebruary 15, 1934 (age 19)

Harry Houdini Hinson was the nephew of Harry Houdini and an amateur magician.

Houdini started Hinson with books and parlor magic. He enjoyed performing and gave shows locally. He performed the needle trick and got his picture in the New York Times.

He died at the age of twenty-one in a sledding accident, hitting a tree while going down a slope too fast.[1][2]

References

  1. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40E1EFE385A107A93CAA81789D85F408385F9 SLED INJURIES FATAL.; Harry Houdini Hinson, Nephew of the Magician, Dies After Crash, The New York Times, February 18, 1934
  2. Houdini!!! by Kenneth Silverman (1996)