Everything Magic: Houdini Grave Site Ceremony - 2008

Houdini died of peritonitis resulting from appendicitis in Detroit, Michigan,
at Grace Hospital in room 401 at 1:26 P.M. on October 31, 1926, Halloween.
A ceremony is held annually on the date that coincides with the Jewish calendar (23rd of Cheshvan)
He is buried at Machpelah Cemetery, 82-30 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, New York.
His entire family is buried there, mother, father, sister and brothers - but not his wife Bess. A plot next to Harry was planned for her, but she couldn't be laid to rest there, because Machpelah is a Jewish cemetery, and Bess was Catholic.
Bess Houdini died on a train in California enroute to NYC, and is buried at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Stevens and Bradhurst Avenues, Hawthorne, New York.
Attending todays ceremony were members of the Parent Assembly Number 1 of the Society of American Magicians, including: George Schindler, Fred Pittella, Rabbi Noach Valley, Rabbi Jack Glickman, Arthur Ashendorf, Jerry Weisenberg, and Dr. Bruce Lish

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[magicandoccult]

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