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There were so many big acts. The Oriental extravaganza of Chung Ling Soo, namley Robinson, had such good makeup and publicity that he was thought by the public to be a real Chinese. One feat that was included in his mammoth programme was the infamous bullet-catching trick, where, at the Wood Green Empire, London, on the night of March 23rd 1918, it cost him his life, as, in the past, it had killed others. There were so many big acts - Levante in Australia, Dante in America, Roland, Nicola, and one performer, who though a conjurer made his reputation by escaping from any form of restraint: Harry Houdini.
An immigrant from Hungary, he proved through his too short life to be a master showman. In every country that he visited he proved that there were no handcuffs, leg-irons, bolts or bars to stop his escaping. His death in 1926 caused by an accidental blow, took from the international magic scene one of its most colourful characters. Ever since his death he has been honoured by magicians in the country of his adoption, and as a permanent memorial there is now a Houdini Museum near Niagra Falls in Ontario, Canada.
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