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- ↑ "Hardeen Dead, 69. Houdini's Brother. Illusionist, Escape Artist, a Founder of Magician's Guild. Gave Last Show May 29". The New York Times . June 13, 1945.
Theodore Hardeen, a brother of the late Harry Houdini, illusionist and a prominent magician in his own right, died yesterday in the Doctors Hospital. His age was 69.
- ↑ "Richard V. Pitchford Dies. Magician Known as Cardini". The New York Times . November 13, 1973. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
Richard V. Pitchford, who as Cardini was a prominent sleight-of-hand artist and was president of the Magicians Guild in 1945, died today in Kingston Hospital. He was 79 years old and lived in Gardiner.
- ↑ "George Jason" . Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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