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VANISHLIVE.com editor
receives AWARD
New Zealand magician and
our VanishLive.com content
editor Mick Peck was
presented with a special
Magic New Zealand award in
October. The award
was presented in recognition
of his long term service to
the New Zealand
magic community.
Mick is pictured here with
Magic New Zealand directors
Michele and Alan
Watson GMM.
10
HOUDINI’S GRAVE TO BE
RESTORED
Nestled next to the late
Lewins, Blums and Levys in a
spooky old cemetery in New
York City lies the final resting
place of America’s most
legendary magician, interred
under a granite monument
that bears his stage name in
bold letters: Houdini.
The gravesite features an
undulating bench known
as an exedra, plus a Houdini
bust, a vase, two benches
and markers for each person
buried. A mosaic emblem
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of the magician society
adorns the site; Houdini was
president when he died.
Cemetery managers say
thanks to a steady stream of
gawkers, the grave is usually
stuffed with wands and other
trinkets — plus refuse.
Dorothy Dietrich, a magician
who runs a Houdini museum
in Scranton, Pennsylvania
and serves on a national
Society of American
Magicians committee is
working to raise money to
restore Houdini’s gravesite
and allow for the permanent
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care of the monument at
Machpelah Cemetery in
Queens. It will cost about
$1,200 annually to maintain
the grounds, plus thousands
more for restoration.
the national magician society
— not the local chapter — is
working with Dietrich and
the cemetery to pay for the
upkeep and plans to clean
and recaulk the granite, give
the mosaic a face lift and
fix the damaged markers.
He doesn’t have a cost
estimate yet but says repairs