Did Houdini die of a trick?

Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 at the age of 52. The official cause of death was peritonitis, a bacterial infection of the abdominal cavity, which was caused by a ruptured appendix. The rupture was allegedly caused by a punch to the abdomen by a McGill University student named Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead, who was testing Houdini's claims of invulnerability. However, there is some controversy surrounding the cause of Houdini's death, with some believing that it may have been caused by a combination of factors, including malnutrition and exhaustion from his relentless touring schedule.