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Magicians' Bizarre Deaths

These magicians met an unfortunate- and unusual- end

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Chevalier Agoston
Died of starvation

Ted Annemann
Died as a suicide

Balabrega
Died from an exploding stage light

Washington Irving Bishop
Died from a premature autopsy after falling into a coma

Chung Ling Soo
Died after being shot onstage performing the Bullet Catch

Otto Blumenfeld
Also died after being shot onstage performing the Bullet Catch

Tommy Cooper
Died from a heart attack suffered while performing on live television

Cortini
Died from a heart attack suffered while performing onstage

Dante, The Mormon Wizard
Died from being accidentally shot while hunting

Professor Enrico
Died when his doctor accidently administered a dose of heroin to him

Caryl Fleming
Died from a heart attack suffered while performing a card trick

Walter Floyd
Died from a heart attack suffered while performing onstage

"Big Bill" Hilliar
Died as a suicide

Harry Houdini
Died from peritonitis aggravated by neglect

Lafayette
Died in a theater fire

C.H. Larette
Shot himself rather than be imprisoned by the Gestapo

Doc Nixon
Vanished without a trace

Lynn Searles
Died after being shot during a robbery of his magic shop