Sidney Hollis Radner
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Sidney Hollis Radner (December 8, 1919 – June 26, 2011) was a retired 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 and matriculated to Yale College.
Biography
He was born on December 8, 1919 and attended Yale University.
Houdini's brother Theodore Hardeen considered Radner as his protégé. Hardeen died in June 1945, willed most of Houdini's collection to Radner.[1]
Radner died of cancer in Holyoke on June 26, 2011 at the age of 91.[2][3]
References
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- ↑ The Telegraph obituary (June 27, 2011)
- ↑ The New York Times obituary (June 27, 2011)
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