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Houdini's Last Surviving Stage Assistant Dies
abc news ^ | 23 Mar 2011 | Meta Pettus

Posted on 03/23/2011 4:43:49 PM PDT by smokingfrog

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1 posted on 03/23/2011 4:43:53 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

She had legs!


2 posted on 03/23/2011 4:46:12 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Money...canÂ’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them." - Rand)
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To: smokingfrog; JoeProBono

Wow...that is all I have to say. Well that and I hope Joeprobono can dig in and find more photos. Thx for posting.


3 posted on 03/23/2011 4:47:29 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman
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To: smokingfrog

He made her live to 103??? Hey, the guy was a heckuva magician.


4 posted on 03/23/2011 4:47:39 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: jessduntno

she knows how to use them...


5 posted on 03/23/2011 4:50:54 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

How did Houdini dress? Sharp?


6 posted on 03/23/2011 4:51:58 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Money...canÂ’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them." - Rand)
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To: smokingfrog

Quite a career

PBS 1999 American Experience interview
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/houdini/filmmore/reference/interview/dorothyyoung06.html


7 posted on 03/23/2011 4:58:00 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: smokingfrog

What’s she been doing for the last 85 years?


8 posted on 03/23/2011 4:58:18 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (You is what you am.)
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To: jessduntno

Probably - but did he use it like a schoolboy would?


9 posted on 03/23/2011 5:00:35 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: smokingfrog

103 and she still died Young!


10 posted on 03/23/2011 5:02:27 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Outlaw Woman

HARRY HOUDINI (center) pictured with his show dancers including Dorothy Young and Julie Sawyer (far left) , on last year of his tour in 1926.


11 posted on 03/23/2011 5:04:57 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: the invisib1e hand

http://www.drew.edu/news/files/2011/03/Dorothy-Young-Feature.pdf


12 posted on 03/23/2011 5:11:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Amazing...


13 posted on 03/23/2011 5:25:53 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: smokingfrog

Good for her. Rest in Peace.


14 posted on 03/23/2011 5:28:08 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: jessduntno
How did Houdini dress? Sharp?

Yeah, except for the rhinestones shades and cheap sunglasses.

15 posted on 03/23/2011 5:32:43 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: stylecouncilor

Ping


16 posted on 03/23/2011 6:01:38 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: smokingfrog

Wonder if she had a pocket full of change.


17 posted on 03/23/2011 6:05:32 PM PDT by davetex (All my weapons got melted by a meteor!! No Sh*t)
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To: smokingfrog

Wow - what a lady. God bless.


18 posted on 03/23/2011 6:19:14 PM PDT by khnyny (What exactly is a CDO??)
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To: davetex
I don't know.

But she wrote a book that was Made Into a Movie.

19 posted on 03/23/2011 6:38:38 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Not sure why, but I have always been fascinated by the early 20th Century...lots of ‘larger than life’ figures walking the earth back then...


20 posted on 03/23/2011 6:53:57 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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