Ridgeway, Queens, Hardeen named his chief assistant, Douglas Geoffrey, his official successor. Geoffrey then went on to perform as "Hardeen, Jr."; he died January 14, 1990, at the age of 82. Richard Valentine Pitchford (1895–1973) took over the Magicians' Guild after Hardeen's death. Sidney Hollis Radner received the Houdini collection from Hardeen. Gallery References Further reading Goldston, Will. The Magician Annual (1911–1912) Hardeen, Theodore. (1903). Life and History of Hardeen. New York. External links Theodore Hareen is interviewed over WNYC in 1939 1876 births 1945 deaths American magicians American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent American performance artists American skeptics Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States Austro-Hungarian Jews Escapologists Harry Houdini Hungarian Jews Hungarian magicians Musicians from Budapest People from Appleton, Wisconsin Vaudeville performers Critics of Spiritualism