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I know Harry Houdini was into a lot including debunking many frauds as well as his other endeavors.  I always thought what a tragic loss having Houdini die from something so trivial as he died from.  Not that his injury and what killed him was trivial but the fact that the person that struck him, in the stomach with the blow that eventually killed him, did so before Houdini could prepare himself for the blow.   I was nothing more than Houdini saying he could take a punch to the gut from anyone, and he possibly could have given time to prepare himself for the strike, but why even make such a boasting?  

He was so famous for his escape artist stunts and magic as well as debunking so many frauds yet it was a braggadocious type stunt or masculine contest and effects from it and his failure to get treatment for it, that led to his death.  I don't know if it was just that he felt himself to be invincible or didn't really give enough serious thought to the blow he took to the gut from the guy who took the challenge from him to strike him.  I feel had he had time to prepare for the blow he could have possibly absorbed it but then at this point who knows. 


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