About Sidney Hollis Radner
Lived 1919 – 2011 (aged 91). Sidney Hollis Radner was an American magician and collector.
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 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.
Radner died of cancer in Holyoke on June 26, 2011, at the age of 91.
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Who was Sidney Hollis Radner?
American magician (1919-2011)
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Sidney Hollis Radner was born on 8 December 1919 in Holyoke.
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Sidney Hollis Radner died on 26 June 2011.
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Sidney Hollis Radner was a magician and collector.
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Sidney Hollis Radner was American.
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