tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post2732901113985840149..comments2024-03-28T03:08:20.391-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini and the 1918 flu pandemicJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-32916060423155365332020-04-25T10:01:44.984-07:002020-04-25T10:01:44.984-07:00Interesting story. Pandemics of the past have alwa...Interesting story. Pandemics of the past have always seemed rather abstract and fixed in their own time, so of course now, one can relate to their true human impact. Thanks for sharing, Leo and John.Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-68641986857567462922020-04-25T09:14:40.263-07:002020-04-25T09:14:40.263-07:00I've been researching this a bit, as my great-...I've been researching this a bit, as my great-uncle, Jack Trepel, lost his wife Mae in 1919. No cause was cited in newspaper articles, but we have guessed influenza, as she was just 25 at the time and seemed healthy. Jack was mentored by Houdini at a young age, and served as head of the NY S.A.M. for many years. I agree with Leo that many women died as well as men. Theories as to why there trepelfolwershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102469042602305934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-19623453376983770442020-04-19T18:00:53.349-07:002020-04-19T18:00:53.349-07:00This post from 2015 just appeared in my list of mo...This post from 2015 just appeared in my list of most viewed this week. I forgot I had done this! Takes on new meaning now.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-49652273890051667102015-01-19T21:16:20.233-08:002015-01-19T21:16:20.233-08:00You're welcome John. I might add that it was t...You're welcome John. I might add that it was the young and healthy of both sexes that took the biggest hit from the virus. It wasn't just the males.<br /><br />And thanks to David Ben for writing a wonderful biography of an interesting man, and to Margaret Grace, Fox's daughter for assisting Mr. Ben. By the way, on page 31 of this book there is a reproduction of an inscribed photo Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.com