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"This is a guy that here it is, 85 years after his death, he is still as well known today - everybody knows who Houdini was," said Jeff Taylor, director of the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, Michigan. His infamous escapes - from straitjackets while suspended high in the air, and from coffins, locked trunks and outsize milk cans - made him a household name across the world at the beginning of the 20th century. (CNN) - Though he died nearly a century ago, the legendary illusionist Harry Houdini remains one of the best-known magicians of all time. Jeff Taylor, magic historian: "Truly, death was the ultimate escape for him".Exhibition includes diaries never seen by public before.Houdini used everyday objects in his stunts but made them extraordinary.
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Harry Houdini's infamous magic apparatus in New York exhibition.
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