HOUDINI'S STAR SHINES AGAIN
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 12:50PM
Dodd Vickers in magician
On Friday October 24th at 2:30 PM, the renovated Walk of Fame Star of magician Harry Houdini will be unveiled. According to many sources including Broadway World, "Siegfried Fischbacher, Neil Patrick Harris and Magic Castle co-founder Milt Larsen will unveil the newly renovated star of history's most famous illusionist - Harry Houdini. Among those contributing to the restoration include top magicians such as: David Copperfield, Lance Burton, Tihany, Marvyn Roy (Mr. Electric), as well as Siegfried and Roy. The star is located very close to the Magic Castle at the corner of Orange & Hollywood Blvd. According to the article,on November 1st, 200, Milt Larsen discovered that sometime during the previous night of Halloween, the star of Harry Houdini had cracked. "This occurred exactly 25 years to the day that the famous magicians star was first unveiled. On October 24th, 2008, exactly 82 years after Harry Houdini's final performance, the star will be repaired and unveiled for the public to enjoy for many years to come."
Article originally appeared on The Magic Newswire (http://www.linkingpage.com/).
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