Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The man who embalmed Houdini

Here's an unusual clipping sent in by reader Steven Sobolewski. This is a November 1999 obituary from the Detroit Free Press for John Fraser, the man who "helped embalm Houdini."

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Thank you, Steven.

4 comments:

  1. Hmmm - died 30 October ... missed by that much.

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  2. This sounds like something Donald H. Jordan, Sr. would contrive to make himself look like a prominent funeral director.

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