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did he ever fail an escape?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I have heard the "punched in the stomach" story many times over the years, so I would be surprised if it were only an urban myth. AFAIK, he was approached after a show by a student who wanted him to demonstrate his strength, but who started punching him before he had a chance to tense up in preparation.
He died from diffuse peritonitis - you can check his death certificate. He did receive a blow to his abdomen shortly before his death but it is unlikely that this actually caused him to die. He would have been suffering from peritonitis before he was punched. He did have a bad experience with being buried alive. He became very famous for a stunt that Blaine imitated years later in which he was buried in a box. Before Houdini tried that, he experimented with simply sitting in a hole in the ground and being covered with earth. He underestimated how difficult it would be to push back through the earth. Also, he was overcome by fumes while escaping from a tank full of beer during a promotional stunt.
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