Sidney Hollis Radner (December 8, 1919 – June 26, 2011) was a rug salesman from
Holyoke, Massachusetts, who owned one of the world's largest and most valuable collections of
Harry Houdini artifacts. Radner was a 1937 graduate of
Worcester Academy
Worcester Academy is a private school in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is the oldest educational institution founded in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, and one of the oldest day-boarding schools in the United States. A coeducational prepara ...
and matriculated to
Yale College
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...
.
Biography
He was born on December 8, 1919, and attended
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
.
Houdini's brother
Theodore Hardeen
Theodore "Dash" Hardeen (born Ferenc Dezső Weisz; March 4, 1876 – June 12, 1945) was a Hungarian-American magician and escape artist who was the younger brother of Harry Houdini. Hardeen, who usually billed himself as the "brother of H ...
considered Radner as his
protégé. Hardeen died in June 1945, willed most of Houdini's collection to Radner.
Radner died of cancer in Holyoke on June 26, 2011, at the age of 91.
''The New York Times'' obituary (June 27, 2011)
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References
1919 births
2011 deaths
American magicians
People from Holyoke, Massachusetts
Deaths from cancer in Massachusetts
Yale College alumni
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