Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead

Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead was a Canadian amateur boxer known for his involvement in the last performance of the legendary escapologist Harry Houdini. During a show at the Princess Theatre in Montreal, Whitehead delivered unexpected punches to Houdini's abdomen, which are believed to have contributed to Houdini's death from acute peritonitis shortly afterward. This incident has raised questions about the nature of their encounter and the vulnerabilities even a master escapologist faced.