![]() ![]() She is interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. She was not permitted to be interred with her late husband at the Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, New York because she was a gentile. īess Houdini died in 1943, 17 years after her husband. Radner and others, including Dorothy Dietrich at the Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1936, after a last unsuccessful séance on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel, she put out the candle that she had kept burning beside a photograph of Houdini since his death, later (1943) saying, "ten years is long enough to wait for any man." The tradition of holding a séance for Houdini continues by magicians throughout the world to this day and is currently organized by Sidney H. ![]() Houdini performed with Bess for decades, traveling across the country many times. Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner (Janu - February 11, 1943), known as Bess, was the stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini.īess Houdini held yearly séances on Halloween for ten years after Houdini's death, but Houdini never appeared. In the 1890’s, Houdini performed his act on Coney Island where he met his wife, Bess Rahner. was the stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini. Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner-Bess Houdini(Janu February 11, 1943). ![]()
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