Walloping J Gordon Whitehead
He was the college student who was in his 30s at the time who punched houdini several times in the abdomen in his dressing room in montreal.
Walloping j gordon whitehead. Legend has it that harry houdini died in 1926 from a ruptured appendix after receiving multiple blows to his abdomen from a mcgill university student j. Gordon whitehead stepped into harry houdinis dressing room and sucker punched the legendary magician and illusionist. Gordon whitehead was tracking houdinis every move in montreal was intent in punching houdini to do some harm but did not intend for houdini to die.
Gordon whitehead had permanently vanished from the public eye. The official cause of houdinis death was listed as peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix. Royal cemetery montreal canada.
This photo comes from the man who killed houdini by don bell a must read for anyone interested in the events of 102226. On october 22 1926 montreal student j. We do not believe that is so.
We do however belive j. On a recent television it was claimed houdini was murdered by jocelyn gordon whitehead. It shows whitehead in rodicks bookstore in montreal around 1950.
Gordon whitehead who killed houdini with a punch to the stomach describes what happened. Nine days later houdini was dead victim of a ruptured appendix. At the time the magicians doctors firmly believed that the illness was the result of the walloping.
The sworn affidavit of j. Gordon whitehead circa 1950. Whitehead who later disappeared into obscurity died from malnutrition in montreal quebec in 1954.
Joscelyn gordon whitehead was not a magician. Two students from mcgill university in montreal canada claim that they witnessed a fellow student named j. Gordon whitehead the man who killed houdini mt.
This led to a ruptured appendix and houdinis eventual death on october 31. An author by the name of don bell wrote a book about the incident in 2004 entitled the man who killed houdini. 1954 who repeatedly struck houdinis abdomen.