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The Inseide Dope On Sunday I came across an article on Jean Robert-Houdin. How appropriate for Christmas, I thought. Though I doubt you ever heard of him, his last name resembles one you know, and for good reason: Houdini (birth name Erik Weisz) took his stage name as an homage to Robert-Houdin. So who was he? Robert-Houdin is considered the father of modern conjuring. A 19th century French magician, he radicalized how magicians performed, as well as how they were perceived. Before him, magicians were street and festival performers, and were viewed as tricksters at best, mountebanks at worst, and low lifes any which way. ....
Order Reprints Print Article David Copperfield has won 21 Emmys, received a Living Legend Award from Congress, and has sold more tickets than any solo entertainer in history. Courtesy David Copperfield Text size David Seth Kotkin and Erik Weisz are the newest inductees at the National Museum of American Jewish History’s Only in America Hall of Fame. If they don’t sound familiar, you may recognize their stage names: David Copperfield and Harry Houdini. In an online ceremony last week, Copperfield accepted the award at his International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts in Las Vegas. He and Houdini joined Hall of Fame giants like ....
Upstate NY descendant of Harry Houdini to accept honor on behalf of magician Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 Facebook Share An Upstate New York descendant of Harry Houdini will accept an honor on behalf of the legendary magician this weekend. The Democrat & Chronicle reports Greece, N.Y., resident Jeff Blood, whose mother Marie Hinson Blood was the niece of Houdini and his wife Bess, will be included in an induction ceremony for Houdini in the National Museum of American Jewish History Only in America Hall of Fame. The event will be streamed online free Saturday at 8 p.m. According to the Rochester newspaper, Houdini never had children of his own but was close with Jeff Blood’s mother, who died in 2004. Hinson Blood grew up in New York City and moved to Rochester when her husband, Forest, took a job with General Railway Signal. ....