page_title: David Merlini
section_title: 1999
hierarchical_section_title: David Merlini / Milestones of his career / 1999
caption_attribution_description: English: David Merlini escape artist in 1999
context_page_description: David Merlini is a Hungarian-Italian escape artist, and World Record holder, described by Expo 2015 as the world's most famous escapologist, currently serving as Director of The House of Houdini, the only Houdini museum in Europe.
  Merlini's signature performances had been broadcast live in some of the most relevant television networks worldwide.
context_section_description: Strapped in a regulations straitjacket on the main stage of Sziget Festival, he is lifted upside down several hundred feet in the air, before proceeding to escape.
caption: David Merlini in 1999
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