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.This article provides a list of unusual deaths – unique, or extremely rare circumstances recorded throughout history.^ List of unusual deaths- wiki.
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 ^ This is a list of unusual deaths – unique causes or extremely rare circumstances – recorded throughout history.
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 ^ List of unusual deaths .
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 .The list also includes less rare, but still unusual, deaths of prominent people.^ List of unusual deaths- wiki.
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 ^ Wikipedia's list of unusual deaths .
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Antiquity

Note: Many of these stories are likely to be apocryphal
  • 6th century BC: Legend says Greek wrestler Milo of Croton came upon a tree-trunk split with wedges. Testing his strength, he tried to rend it with his bare hands by inserting his fingers in the gap. .The wedges fell, trapping his hands in the tree making him unable to defend himself from attacking wolves who devoured him.^ The woman who planted a tree when she was six, and was killed by it six decades later when it fell on her.
    • The Great Library: Strange Deaths 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.cattail.nu [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Bush is perceived as the ultimate rich kid who has everything handed to him on a silver platter and gets away with everything because of his privileged status.
    • Reason Magazine - Bad Boys II 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.reason.com [Source type: News]

     ^ But his rising influence would soon make him a target of the federal government and a growing number of black critics who called the UNIA, 'A House of Cards'.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

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  • 456 BC: Aeschylus is said to have been killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise from the sky unto his head which it had mistaken for a rock.^ An eagle mistook Aeschylus' head for a rock (he was bald) and dropped it on him instead.

     ^ The popular theory is that Aeschylus was just milling about out in the sun one day when an eagle mistook the top of his bald head for a rock and unleashed a world of tortoise-related hurt on the poet out of a perfectly innocent desire for a mid-afternoon snack.
    • The 5 Historical Figures Who Died The Weirdest Deaths | Cracked.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.cracked.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ March 12th, 2007 at 11:21 pm how about the bald guy who died because an eagle had mistakenly thought that his bald head was a rock .
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

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  • 430 BC: Empedocles, Pre-Socratic philosopher, secretly jumped into an active volcano (Mt. Etna).[3] .According to Diogenes Laërtius, this was to convince the people of his time that he had been taken up by the gods on Olympus.
  • 401 BC: Mithridates, condemned for the murder of Cyrus the Younger, was executed by scaphism, surviving the insect torture 17 days.
  • 272 BC: Pyrrhus of Epirus, the conqueror and source of the term pyrrhic victory, according to Plutarch died while fighting an urban battle in Argos when an old woman threw a roof tile at him, stunning him and allowing an Argive soldier to kill him.^ He was not killed, but he was stunned, so the soldiers of Argos were able to kill him.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Pyrrhus of Epirus 272 BC: Pyrrhus of Epirus, the famous conquerer and source of the term pyrrhic victory died while fighting an urban battle in Argos on the back of an elephant when an old woman threw a roof tile at him, which killed him.
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     ^ Three died the day of the battle in Mosul.
    • THE 33RD PARALLEL: MASONIC LINE OF DEATH FOR PSYCHIC ENERGY 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.informantnews.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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  • 270 BC: Philitas of Cos, Greek intellectual, is said by Athenaeus of Naucratis to have studied arguments and erroneous word-usage so intensely that he wasted away and starved to death.^ BC: The poet and grammarian Philetas of Cos reportedly wasted away and died of insomnia while brooding about the Liar paradox.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ BC : The poet and grammarian Philetas of Cos reportedly wasted away and died of insomnia while brooding about the Liar paradox .
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     [5] Alan Cameron speculates that Philitas died from a wasting disease which his contemporaries joked was caused by his pedantry.[6]
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  • 207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher, is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunk donkey attempt to eat figs.^ AM yaexrae Dying while laughing at a drunk fig-eating donkey.
    • The 5 Historical Figures Who Died The Weirdest Deaths | Cracked.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.cracked.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ BC : Chrysippus , a Greek stoic philosopher , is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunken donkey attempt to eat figs .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Chrysippus 207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher , is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunk donkey attempt to eat figs .
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  • 162 BC: Eleazar Maccabeus was crushed to death at the Battle of Beth-zechariah by a War elephant that he believed to be carrying Seleucid King Antiochus V; charging into battle, Eleazar rushed underneath the elephant and thrust a spear into its belly, whereupon it fell dead on top of him.^ It fell over and pricked and crushed him to death.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The younger brother, Langley, died by falling victim to a booby trap he had set up, causing a mountain of objects, books, and newspapers to fall on him crushing him to death.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Unfortunately, after  blasting a large hole in the cactus, the cactus fell on him, crushing him to death!
    • 11 Very Strange Deaths! Bizarre Ways People Have Died! - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.associatedcontent.com [Source type: General]

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  • 53 BC: The Roman general and consul Marcus Licinius Crassus was reported as having been put to death by the Parthians after losing the battle of Carrhae, by being forced to drink a goblet of molten gold, symbolic of his great wealth.^ BC : Following his defeat at Carrhae at the hands of the Parthians under Spahbod Surena , Marcus Licinius Crassus was executed by having molten gold poured down his throat.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The Notorious Tito Bicycle was shot to death in a gun battle with the local Police before this report by his kidnapped companion was made public.

     ^ Valerian 260: Roman emperor Valerian, after being defeated in battle and captured by the Persians , was used as a footstool by the King Shapur I .
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     .A much more likely scenario is that in which, following his death, the Parthian executioner(s) poured said 'molten gold' into his mouth as a message/symbol representing the perils of his 'great thirst for wealth.'^ More strange deaths follow.
    • www.reviewingtheevidence.com | THE POISONER OF PTAH, by P.C. Doherty 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.reviewingtheevidence.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Pedro de Valdivia 1543: Pedro de Valdivia, a dreaded conquistador, was captured by Native Americans and supposedly executed by pouring molten gold down his throat to satisfy his thirst for treasures.
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     ^ There is so MUCH more so please just visit our site and sign up become a member and enter into a new dimension.
    • odd stuff weird and unusual stuff 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.horrorfind.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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  • 4 BC: Herod the Great reportedly suffered from fever, intense rashes, colon pains, foot drop, inflammation of the abdomen, a putrefaction of his genitals that produced worms, convulsions, and difficulty breathing before he finally gave up.^ BC : Herod the Great suffered from fever, intense rashes, colon pains, foot drop , inflammation of the abdomen, a putrefaction of his genitals that produced worms, convulsions, and difficulty breathing before he finally gave up.
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     ^ PM dalekiloveyou telling of symptoms that included intense itching, intestinal pain, shortness of breath, convulsions, and gangrene of the genitalia.
    • The 5 Historical Figures Who Died The Weirdest Deaths | Cracked.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.cracked.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ "The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus recorded details of his death, telling of symptoms that included intense itching, intestinal pain, shortness of breath, convulsions, and gangrene of the genitalia."
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     [10] .However, gruesome deaths have often been attributed by various authors to disliked rulers, including several Roman emperors (for example, Galerius).
  • 64 - 67: Saint Peter was executed by the Romans.^ St Peter was executed by the Romans.
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     ^ The coroner, by screening every unnatural death, can and often uncovers homicides which might otherwise pass unnoticed or be attributed to accident, death caused by fire, etc.
    • Effingham County, Illinois - Coroner 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.co.effingham.il.us [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ However, on the subject of Roman emperors there is a plethora of information.
    • UVM: Classics Department: Roman Politics 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.uvm.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     According to tradition, he asked not to be crucified in the normal way, but was instead executed on an inverted cross.[11] .According to Origen of Alexandria, he said he was not worthy to be crucified in the same way as Jesus was.^ According to many sources, he asked not to be crucified in the normal way, but was instead executed on an inverted cross .
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     ^ According to Catholic doctrine, Jesus was both a normal human being and a divine being at the same time.
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  • c. .98: Saint Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum, was roasted to death in a brazen bull during the persecutions of Emperor Domitian.^ C. 98 Saint Antipas , Bishop of Pergamum, was roasted to death in a brazen bull during the persecutions of Emperor Domitian .
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     .Saint Eustace, as well as his wife and children supposedly suffered a similar fate under Hadrian.^ Saint Eustace , as well as his wife and children supposedly suffered a similar fate under Hadrian .
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     .According to legend, the creator of the brazen bull, Perillos of Athens, was the first to be put into the brazen bull when he presented his invention to Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, but he was taken out before he died to be thrown from a hill where he met his ultimate demise.^ The creator of the brazen bull, Perillos of Athens, was according to legend the first victim of the brazen bull when he presented his invention to Phalaris , Tyrant of Agrigentum .
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     ^ I read in a Paris guidebook that according to the autopsy, ‘Birdman’ Reisfeldt died of a heart attack before even touching the ground.
    • Damn Interesting • The Intrepid, Ill-Fated Parachutist 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.damninteresting.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Tycho Brahe , according to legend, died of complications resulting from a strained bladder at a banquet.
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  • 260: Roman emperor Valerian, after being defeated in battle and captured by the Persians, was supposedly used as a footstool by the King Shapur I.^ According to some accounts, Roman emperor Valerian , after being defeated in battle and captured by the Persians , was used as a footstool by their king Shapur I .
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     ^ Valerian 260: Roman emperor Valerian, after being defeated in battle and captured by the Persians , was used as a footstool by the King Shapur I .
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     ^ The king of the romans or holy roman emperor.
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     .After a long period of punishment and humiliation, Shapur is said to have had the emperor skinned alive and his skin stuffed with straw or dung and preserved as a trophy.^ He then had the unfortunate emperor skinned and his skin stuffed with straw or dung and preserved as a trophy in the main Persian temple.
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     ^ In reply, Shapur had the emperor skinned alive and his skin stuffed with straw or dung and preserved as a trophy.
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     ^ After a long period of punishment and humiliation, he offered Shapur a huge ransom for his release.
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     [14] .However this story is generally considered to be unreliable as it was likely motivated by the author's will to establish that the persecutors of the Christians as having died fitting deaths;[15] and by other Near East Roman authors' desire to establish the Persians as barbarians.^ We have stories of cannibalism (mostly from Russia, oddly enough), death by animal, freak accidents, eating mishaps, and stuff that is just too idiosyncratic and unique to put with the others.
    • The Great Library: Strange Deaths 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.cattail.nu [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Other stories are more geared towards freak accidents or tragedies, but usually the main theme is that the person did something that led to their own death.
    • 1,000 Ways to Die at TV.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.tv.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The free exercise of religions - and I would like to add, the free establishement of cults - is a right and a privilege that I am glad the U.S. constitution, and other constitutions, know how to vouchsafe.
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

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  • 415: Hypatia of Alexandria, Greek mathematician and Pagan philosopher, was murdered by a Christian mob by having her skin ripped off with sharp sea-shells; what remained of her was burned.^ The Greek mathematician and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria was murdered by a mob by having her skin ripped off with sharp oyster-shells (Many sources claim tiles or pottery) and what remained of her being burned.
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     ^ Hypatia was a friend of Orestes and this, together with prejudice against her philosophical views which were seen by Christians to be pagan, led to Hypatia becoming the focal point of riots between Christians and non-Christians.

     ^ Hypatia was the daughter of the mathematician and philosopher Theon of Alexandria and it is fairly certain that she studied mathematics under the guidance and instruction of her father.

     (Various types of shells have been named: clams, oysters, abalones, etc. .Other sources claim tiles or pottery-shards were used.^ The Greek mathematician and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria was murdered by a mob by having her skin ripped off with sharp oyster-shells (Many sources claim tiles or pottery) and what remained of her being burned.
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Middle Ages

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  • 892: Sigurd the Mighty of Orkney strapped the head of a defeated foe to his horse's saddle, the tooth of which grazed against him as he rode, causing the infection that killed him.
  • 1063: Béla I of Hungary died when his throne's canopy collapsed upon him.
  • 1135: Henry I of England is said to have died of food poisoning after gorging on lampreys, a favorite meal.^ Henry I of England 1135: Henry I of England is said to have died after gorging on lampreys , his favourite food.
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     ^ BC: The Greek playwright Aeschylus was killed when an eagle dropped a live tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a stone.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The younger brother, Langley, died by falling victim to a booby trap he had set up, causing a mountain of objects, books, and newspapers to fall on him crushing him to death.
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  • 1219: According to legend, Inalchuk, the Muslim governor of the Central Asian town of Otrar, was captured and killed by the invading Mongols, who poured molten silver in his eyes, ears, and throat.^ Pedro de Valdivia 1543: Pedro de Valdivia, a dreaded conquistador, was captured by Native Americans and supposedly executed by pouring molten gold down his throat to satisfy his thirst for treasures.
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     ^ According to the local legend an elderly woman who sees the mysterious ravine will begin looking noticeably younger within a few days.
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     ^ According to legends, Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) was first poisoned with enough cyanide to kill ten men, but he wasn’t affected.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

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  • 1258: Al-Musta'sim was killed during the Mongol invasion of the Abbasid Caliphate.^ Al-Musta'sim 1258: Al-Musta'sim was killed during the Mongol invasion of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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     .Hulagu Khan, not wanting to spill royal blood, wrapped him in a rug and had him trampled to death by his horses.^ Hulagu Khan, not wanting to spill royal blood, had the Caliph wrapped in a rug and trampled to death by horses.
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  • 1322: Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford was fatally speared through the anus by a pikeman hiding under the bridge during the Battle of Boroughbridge.[21]
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  • 1327: Edward II of England, after being deposed and imprisoned by his Queen consort Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus.^ Super Nova 08-24-2007, 05:41 PM 1327: Edward II of England, after being deposed and imprisoned by his Queen consort Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Edward II of England , after being deposed and imprisoned by his Queen consort Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer , was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus.
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     ^ Edmund II of England was rumored to have been stabbed in the gut or bowels while he was performing his ablutions .
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  • 1410: Martin I of Aragon died from a lethal combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughing.^ Martin I of Aragorn 1410: Martin I of Aragon died from a lethal combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughing.
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  • 1478: George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine at his own request.^ George Plantagenet 1478: George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence reportedly was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine at his own request.
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     ^ George Plantagenet , Duke of Clarence reportedly was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine [9] at his own request.
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Renaissance

  • 1514: György Dózsa, Székely man-at-arms and peasants' revolt leader in Hungary, was condemned to sit on a red-hot iron throne with a red-hot iron crown on his head and a red-hot sceptre in his hand (mocking at his ambition to be king), by Hungarian landed nobility in Transylvania. .While Dózsa was still alive, he was set upon and his partially roasted body was eaten by six of his fellow rebels, who had been starved for a week beforehand.^ She’s still alive, but anybody who thinks this comment I posted is funny will get an arrowhead in their brain.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

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  • 1556: Humayun, a Mughal emperor, was descending from the roof of his library after observing Venus, when he heard the adhan, or call to prayer.^ Humayun 1556: Humayun, a Mughal emperor , was descending from the roof of his library after observing Venus , when he heard the mu'azaan , or call to prayer.
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     .Humayun's practice was to bow his knee when he heard the azaan, and when he did his foot caught the folds of his garment, causing him to fall down several flights.^ Humayun's practice was to bow his knee when he heard the azaan , and when he did his foot caught the folds of his garment, causing him to fall down several flights.
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     ^ The younger brother, Langley, died by falling victim to a booby trap he had set up, causing a mountain of objects, books, and newspapers to fall on him crushing him to death.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Humayun 1556: Humayun, a Mughal emperor , was descending from the roof of his library after observing Venus , when he heard the mu'azaan , or call to prayer.
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     .He died 3 days later of the injuries.^ He died 3 days later of the injuries at the age of 47.
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     ^ She died of her injuries five days later.
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     ^ He died later that day.
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    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [26]
  • 1599: Nanda Bayin, a Burman king, reportedly laughed to death when informed, by a visiting Italian merchant, that "Venice was a free state without a king."[27]
  • 1601: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, according to legend, died of complications resulting from a strained bladder at a banquet. .It would have been extremely bad etiquette to leave the table before the meal was finished, so he stayed until he became fatally ill.^ It would have been extremely bad etiquette to leave the table before the meal was finished, so he stayed until he became fatally ill.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ How he died: Didn't get to the bathroom in time In the 16th century, it was considered an insult to leave a banquet table before the meal was over.

     .This version of events has since been brought into question as other causes of death (murder by Johannes Kepler, suicide, and mercury poisoning among others) have come to the fore.^ This version of events has since been brought into question as other causes of death (murder by Johannes Kepler , suicide , and lead poisoning among others) have come to the fore.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ This version of events has since been brought into question as other causes of death (murder by Johannes Kepler, suicide, and lead poisoning among others) have come to the fore.
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     ^ And while far be it from us to accuse the eagle and the turtle of plotting the murder of one of history's greatest tragedians, it is also worth noting that neither of them were brought in for questioning.
    • The 5 Historical Figures Who Died The Weirdest Deaths | Cracked.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.cracked.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [28]
  • 1649: Sir Arthur Aston, Royalist commander of the garrison during the Siege of Drogheda, was beaten to death with his own wooden leg, which the Parliamentarian soldiers thought concealed golden coins.[29]
    • .
  • 1660: Thomas Urquhart, Scottish aristocrat, polymath and first translator of Rabelais into English, is said to have died laughing upon hearing that Charles II had taken the throne.^ Thomas Urquhart 1660: Thomas Urquhart, Scottish aristocrat, polymath and first translator of Rabelais into English, is said to have died laughing upon hearing that Charles II had taken the throne.
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     ^ A. Philip Randolph, who had introduced him to his first Harlem audience, said Garvey had "succeeded in making the Negro the laughing stock of the world."
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Officers and soldiers participating in the excavation work were said to be taken to mental hospitals or died.
    • WinterSteel.Com - Victims of Anomalous Zones 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.wintersteel.com [Source type: Original source]

     [30][31]
    • .
  • 1671: François Vatel, chef to Louis XIV, committed suicide because his seafood order was late and he could not stand the shame of a postponed meal.^ François Vatel , chef to Louis XIV , committed suicide because his seafood order was late and he couldn't stand the shame of a postponed meal.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ François Vatel 1671: François Vatel, chef to Louis XIV, committed suicide because his seafood order was late and he couldn't stand the shame of a postponed meal.
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     ^ Either he thought he would not get the waiver because the hour was too late or he knew he could not get approval to have kids around a helicopter and explosives.
    • The Twilight Zone Tragedy - Crime Library on truTV.com 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.trutv.com [Source type: General]

     .His body was discovered by an aide, sent to tell him of the arrival of the fish.^ His body was discovered by an aide, sent to tell him of the arrival of the fish.
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     The authenticity of this story is quite questionable.[32]
    • .
  • 1673: Molière, the French actor and playwright, died after being seized by a violent coughing fit, while playing the title role in his play Le Malade imaginaire (The Hypochondriac).^ Molière 1673: Molière , the French actor and playwright, died after being seized by a violent coughing fit, whilst playing the title role in his play Le Malade imaginaire (The Hypochondriac or The Imaginary Invalid).
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     ^ Keith Relf - The band member of "The Yardbirds" died in 1976 after being electrocuted while playing his electric guitar.
    • Unusual Deaths of Famous People - Associated Content 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.associatedcontent.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Gareth Jones , actor, collapsed and died while in make-up between scenes of a live television play, Underground , at the studios of Associated British Corporation in Manchester .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [33]
    • .
  • 1687: Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer, died of a gangrenous abscess after piercing his foot with a staff while he was vigorously conducting a Te Deum, as it was customary at that time to conduct by banging a staff on the floor.^ Jean-Baptiste Lully , composer , died of a gangrenous abscess after piercing his foot with a staff while he was vigorously conducting a Te Deum .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ While rehearsing the musicians, he got too serious beating time with his staff, and drove it right through his foot.

     .The performance was to celebrate the king's recovery from an illness.^ The performance was to celebrate the king's recovery from an illness.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Ironically, the hymn he was conducting was in celebration of the recovery of Louis XIV from an illness.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [34]

18th century

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  • 1751: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the author of L'Homme machine, a major materialist and sensualist philosopher died of overeating at a feast given in his honor.^ Mvbomber 08-25-2007, 10:35 PM 1751: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the author of Man a machine, a major materialist and sensualist philosopher died of over eating at a feast given in his honour.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Age of Reason Julien Offray de La Mettrie 1751: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the author of L'Homme machine , a major materialist and sensualist philosopher died of overeating at a feast given in his honor.
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     ^ MushroomMammoth 08-26-2007, 12:33 AM 1751: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the author of Man a machine, a major materialist and sensualist philosopher died of over eating at a feast given in his honour.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     .His philosophical adversaries suggested that by doing so, he had contradicted his theoretical doctrine with the effect of his practical actions.^ His philosophical adversaries suggested that by doing so, he had contradicted his theoretical doctrine with the effect of his practical actions.
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     ^ His philosopher adversaries suggested that doing so, he had contradicted his theoretical doctrine with the effect of his practical actions.
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     [35]
    • .
  • 1753: Professor Georg Wilhelm Richmann, of Saint Petersburg, Russia, became the first recorded person to be killed while performing electrical experiments when he was struck and killed by a globe of ball lightning.^ Professor Georg Wilhelm Richmann , of Saint Petersburg , Russia , was struck and killed by a globe of ball lightning while observing a storm.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Vladimir Komarov became the first person to die during a space mission after the parachute of his capsule failed to deploy.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ A bolt of lightning struck, killing him instantly.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.qsl.net [Source type: News]

     [36]
    • .
  • 1771: Adolf Frederick, king of Sweden, died of digestion problems on 12 February 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk.^ King Adolf Frederick [wiki] of Sweden loved to eat and died from it too!
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ King Adolf Frederick ate it with milk, in most cases warm milk.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Adolf Frederick 1771: Adolf Frederick, king of Sweden, died of digestion problems on 12 February 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favorite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk.
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     [37] .He is thus remembered by Swedish schoolchildren as "the king who ate himself to death."^ He is remembered by Swedish school children as the king who ate himself to death.
    • Semlor are Swedish treat for Lent - MessengerNews.net | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Info. - Messenger News 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.messengernews.net [Source type: News]

     ^ There's actually a case of a king who ate himself to death!
    • 11 Very Strange Deaths! Bizarre Ways People Have Died! - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.associatedcontent.com [Source type: General]

     ^ He is thus remembered by Swedish schoolchildren as "the king who ate himself to death."
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     [38]
  • 1794: John Kendrick, an American sea captain and explorer, was killed in the Hawaiian Islands when a British ship mistakenly used a loaded cannon to fire a salute to Kendrick's vessel.[39]

Modern Age

19th century

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  • 1814: London Beer Flood, 9 people were killed when 323,000 imperial gallons (1 468 000 L) of beer in the Meux and Company Brewery burst out of their vats and gushed into the streets.
  • 1830: William Huskisson, statesman and financier, was crushed to death by a locomotive (Stephenson's Rocket), at the public opening of the world's first mechanically powered passenger railway.^ William Huskisson , statesman and financier, was crushed to death by the world's first passenger train ( Stephenson's Rocket ), at its public opening.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ William Huskisson  1830 --- 1st person killed by a train.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ William Huskisson 1830 --- 1st person killed by a train.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [40]
    • .
  • 1834: David Douglas, Scottish botanist, fell into a pit trap accompanied by a bull.^ David Douglas , Scottish botanist , fell into a pit trap accompanied by a bull.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .He was gored and possibly crushed.^ He was gored and possibly crushed.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [41]
    • .
  • 1862: Jim Creighton, baseball player, died when he swung a bat too hard and ruptured his bladder.
  • 1868: Matthew Vassar, brewer and founder of Vassar College, died in mid-speech while delivering his farewell address to the college board of trustees.^ Matthew Vassar , brewer and founder of Vassar College , died in mid-speech while delivering his farewell address to the College Board of Trustees .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ A number of players at other levels of the game, particularly in the minors, have died from pitched baseballs not to mention those that have been killed by batted balls–as happened to a minor league coach just this season.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [42]
    • .
  • 1871: Clement Vallandigham, U.S. Congressman and political opponent of Abraham Lincoln, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound suffered in court while representing the defendant in a murder case.^ He died of three gunshot wounds.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Died of a gunshot wound to the head.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Collins died from a gunshot wound to his face in January 1989.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Demonstrating how the murder victim could have inadvertently shot himself, the gun, which Vallandigham believed to be unloaded, discharged and mortally wounded him.^ They had all been injected with cyanide in areas of their bodies, which could not have been reached by their own hand, such as between the shoulder blades; many other victims had been shot.
    • Jonestown Massacre: A 'Reason' to Die - Crime Library on truTV.com 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.trutv.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Having seen the layout of the prison block in both of your Baader-Meinhof films (“Stammheim” and “The Baader-Meinhof Complex”), I can’t understand how these shots could not have been heard.

     ^ Jon-Erik Hexum , an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .His demonstration was successful, and the defendant was acquitted.
  • 1897: Salomon August Andrée, Knut Fraenkel and Nils Strindberg died in October 1897 at Kvitøya (White Island) (located to the northeast of Svalbard) where they had arrived after a failed attempt to reach the North Pole in a balloon.^ It was when they threw him into the icy river that he died, due to the surface of the river freezing over while he was attempting to resurface.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ By dying, Vallandigham succeeded in demonstrating the plausibility of the accidental shooting and got his client acquitted.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .Their deaths might have been due to exhaustion, but also could have been due to eating insufficiently cooked polar bear meat causing trichinosis, or carbon monoxide poisoning from the miniature kerosene stove when snow made it difficult to air out the fumes.^ And, finally, but by no means the sole remaining death in this unique cluster, Andrew Hall was found dead in September of 1988 of carbon monoxide poisoning.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The coroner, however, ruled that his death was due to natural causes.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ In March of 1988, Trevor Knight, also associated with Marconi, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [43]

20th century

.
  • 1911: Jack Daniel, distiller, died from blood poisoning.^ Alexander I of Greece - king of the Hellenes 1917–20 1920 --- died October 25, from blood poisoning after being bitten by his gardener's pet monkey.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Alexander I of Greece - king of the Hellenes 1917–20 1920 --- died October 25, from blood poisoning after being bitten by his gardener's pet monkey.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Famous Tennessee whiskey distiller Jack Daniel [wiki] decided to come in to work early one morning in 1911.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .The infection started in his toe, which he injured kicking his safe in anger when he couldn't open it early one morning.
  • 1912: Franz Reichelt, tailor, fell to his death off the first deck of the Eiffel Tower while testing his invention, the coat parachute.^ In 1911, French tailor Franz Reichelt decided to test his invention, a combination overcoat and parachute, by jumping off the Eiffel Tower.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ We started early in the morning at 4 a.m.
    • WinterSteel.Com - Victims of Anomalous Zones 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.wintersteel.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ In anger, Daniel kicked the safe and injured his toe, which later developed an infection that killed him!
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .It was his first ever attempt with the parachute and he had told the authorities in advance he would test it first with a dummy.^ It was his first ever attempt with the parachute and he'd told the authorities in advance he would test it first with a dummy.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Tailor Franz Reichelt fell to his death off the first deck of the Eiffel Tower while testing his invention, the coat parachute.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Actually, he told the authorities that he would use a dummy, but at the last minute decided to test it himself.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [44]
    • .
  • 1916: Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic, was reportedly poisoned while dining with a political enemy, shot in the head, shot three more times, bludgeoned, and then thrown into a frozen river.^ Grigori Rasputin , Russian mystic , was poisoned while dining with a political enemy, and supposedly he was given enough poison to kill three men his size.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ So, he was shot again three more times, but Rasputin still lived.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Frosty 08-25-2007, 06:40 AM 1916: Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic, was poisoned while dining with a political enemy, and supposedly he was given enough poison to kill three men his size.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     .When his body washed ashore, an autopsy showed the cause of death to be hypothermia.^ When his body washed ashore, an autopsy showed the cause of death to be drowning.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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     ^ The examination of her body and organs at autopsy and bone x-ray revealed no evidence of injuries caused by trauma.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ Destiny’s family and their attorney requested that I review the autopsy report to identify the probable cause(s) of their daughter’s sudden acute illness and death.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     .However, there is now some doubt about the credibility of this account.^ There is nothing noble about what some U.S. government leaders have done to America since November 22, 1963.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ There is no doubt, however, that the `50s and `60s produced some strange goings-on.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Dottie, we actually had someone tell us that the teacher admitted to her, personally, that she (the teacher) never cared for our child (not *about*, but *for*, so there was some degree of dislike).
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     .Another account said that he was poisoned, shot, and stabbed, at which time he got up and ran off - and was later found to have drowned in a frozen river.^ He was killed in a "robbery" in July 1989 by a man with a sawed off shotgun; this robbery was later proven to be a set-up.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ At another time, Travolta was having a relationship with a homosexual man who Travolta said he was going to marry.
    • Travolta, Cruise and other celebrities con fans and media 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.factnet.org [Source type: General]

     ^ Investigators later said that was a lie, that the plane had been found.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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  • 1918: Gustav Kobbé, writer and musicologist, was killed when the sailboat he was on was struck by a landing seaplane off Long Island, N.Y.[46]
  • 1919: In the Boston Molasses Disaster, 21 people were killed and 150 were injured when a tank containing as much as 2,300,000 US gal (8,700,000 L) of molasses exploded, sending a wave traveling at approximately 35 mph (56 km/h) through part of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.^ Some 3,000 Americans were killed when the Twin Towers collapsed, and yet the president and the vice president of the United States have done everything they can to obstruct a open and honest investigation of the causes of that traumatic event.
    • Paul Wellstone & Mel Carnahan's Strange Deaths 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.wanttoknow.info [Source type: Original source]

     ^ NARRATOR: By the end of 1919, Garvey claimed over three-quarters of a million followers and 'The Negro World' was the most popular black newspaper in the United States.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives , 1918-24; mayor of Salem, Mass.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     Most fatalities and injuries were caused by the concussive force of the blast or by asphyxiation as victims failed to swim free of the viscous molasses and drowned.[47][48]
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  • 1920: Dan Andersson, a Swedish author, died of cyanide poisoning while staying at Hotel Hellman in Stockholm, because the hotel staff had failed to clear the room after using hydrogen cyanide against bedbugs.
  • 1923: Martha Mansfield, an American film actress, died after sustaining severe burns on the set of the film The Warrens of Virginia after a smoker's match, tossed by a cast member, ignited her Civil War costume of hoopskirts and ruffles.^ During filming of the movie The Warrens of Virginia, a cast member carelessly tossed a match, which ignited her dress.
    • Strange Deaths of Famous and Well Known People - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.associatedcontent.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Martha Mansfield (1899-1923) was a beautiful actress in silent films.
    • Strange Deaths of Famous and Well Known People - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.associatedcontent.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Just because not much has been written lately about the ongoing war on the part of Scientology against its critics does not mean that they have suddenly reverted to civilized norms (...
    • Hate Groups : Church of Scientology - Examining the cult's hate and harassment practices 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.apologeticsindex.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [49]
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  • 1923: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, became the first to die from the alleged King Tut's Curse after a mosquito bite on his face became seriously infected with erysipelas, which he cut while shaving, leading to blood poisoning and eventually pneumonia.^ George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon allegedly became the first to die from King Tut's Curse after a mosquito bite on his face became seriously infected.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon allegedly becomes the first to die from King Tut's Curse after a mosquito bite on his face becomes seriously infected.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Vladimir Komarov became the first person to die during a space mission after the parachute of his capsule failed to deploy.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [50][51]
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  • 1925: Zishe (Siegmund) Breitbart, a circus strongman and Jewish folklore hero, died as a result of a demonstration in which he drove a spike through five one-inch (2.54 cm) thick oak boards using only his bare hands.^ A number of performers have died from unnatural causes during a practice or public performance, including: 1925 : Zishe (Siegmund) Breitbart , a circus strongman and Jewish folklore hero died during a demonstration in which he drove a spike through five one-inch thick oak boards using only his bare hands when his knee was accidentally pierced.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Raymond Johnson Chapman - Cleveland Indians baseball player 1920 --- died one day after being struck in head by baseball pitch, becoming the only player ever killed as result of major league baseball game.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ One day someone punched him in the stomach when he wasn’t ready, and he died several days later as a result of a ruptured appendix.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     He accidentally pierced his knee. .The spike was rusted and caused an infection which led to fatal blood poisoning.^ The spike was rusted and caused an infection which led to fatal blood poisoning.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The 27 vaccines given to Evyn and treatment with corticosteroids caused significant health problems and immune depression that led to his infections.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     .He was the subject of the Werner Herzog film, Invincible.^ He was the subject of the Werner Herzog film, Invincible .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The incident is described in Werner Herzog 's documentary film Grizzly Man .
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  • 1926: Harry Houdini, a famous American escape artist, was punched in the stomach by an amateur boxer who had heard that Houdini could withstand any blow to his body above his waist, excluding his head.^ Harry Houdini (Erich Weiss) - magician  1926 --- ruptured appendix.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Harry Houdini (Erich Weiss) - magician 1926 --- ruptured appendix.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     .Though this had been done with Houdini's permission, complications from this injury caused him to die days later, on October 31, 1926. It was later determined that Houdini died of a ruptured appendix.^ She died of her injuries five days later.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ He died later that day.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Smirnov died 9 days later.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

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  • 1927: J.G. Parry-Thomas, a Welsh racing driver, was decapitated by his car's drive chain which, under stress, snapped and whipped into the cockpit.^ J.G. Parry-Thomas , a British racing driver, was decapitated by his car's drive chain which, under stress, snapped and whipped into the cockpit.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Neil Bonnett - race car driver 1994 --- car crash, killed during practice at the Daytona International Speedway.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Neil Bonnett - race car driver  1994 --- car crash, killed during practice at the Daytona International Speedway.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     .He was attempting to break his own land speed record which he had set the previous year.^ He was attempting to break his own Land speed record which he had set the previous year.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ There are no records to say that he ever lived where Dudleytown later stood but he did own half of the land in 1741.
    • BEHIND THE LEGENDS: THE CURSE OF DUDLEYTOWN 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.prairieghosts.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Golovanov's articles in 1986, five years after my Red Star in Orbit came out, were the first tentative attempt to set part of the record of the past straight.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Despite being killed in the attempt, he succeeded in setting a new record of 171 mph (275 km/h).^ Despite being killed in the attempt, he succeeded in setting a new record of 171 mph.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ He was attempting to break his own Land speed record which he had set the previous year.
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  • 1927: Isadora Duncan, dancer, died of a broken neck when one of the long scarves she was known for caught on the wheel of a car in which she was a passenger.^ Isadora Duncan - actress 1927 --- accidental strangulation when her scarf caught in car wheel.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Isadora Duncan - actress  1927 --- accidental strangulation when her scarf caught in car wheel.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ She died in a one car accident.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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  • 1928: Alexander Bogdanov, a Russian physician, died following one of his experiments, in which the blood of a student suffering from malaria and tuberculosis, L. I. Koldomasov, was given to him in a transfusion.^ Alexander Bogdanov , a Russian physician, died following one of his experiments, in which the blood of a student suffering from malaria and tuberculosis , L. I. Koldomasov, was given to him in a transfusion.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ According to one of his political opponents: "A faintness came over him, and together with the evacuations his bowels protruded, followed by a copious hemorrhage, and the descent of the smaller intestines: moreover portions of his spleen and liver were brought off in the effusion of blood, so that he almost immediately died."
    • The 5 Historical Figures Who Died The Weirdest Deaths | Cracked.com 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.cracked.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ One day someone punched him in the stomach when he wasn’t ready, and he died several days later as a result of a ruptured appendix.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

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  • 1930: William Kogut, an inmate on death row at San Quentin, decided to commit suicide using only the rudimentary tools available to him in his prison cell.^ Tennessee Williams - writer 1983 --- choked to death on a on a nose spray bottle cap that accidentally dropped into his mouth while he was using the spray.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Kenneth Allen McDuff  1998 --- thought to be the only person ever freed from death row and then returned after killing again.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ It seems the only tool you use is the authority tool you so claim against RS. You said it and you discovered it so it must be true.
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     .He began by tearing up several packs of playing cards, giving particular focus to obtaining pieces with red ink (at the time, the ink in red playing cards contained nitrocellulose, which is flammable and when wet can create an explosive mixture), and stuffed them into a pipe.^ After the Civil War, Dudleytown began to die and many of the villagers simply packed up and moved away.
    • BEHIND THE LEGENDS: THE CURSE OF DUDLEYTOWN 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.prairieghosts.com [Source type: Original source]

     He then plugged one end of the pipe firmly with a broom handle and poured water into the other end to soak the card pieces. He then placed the pipe on a kerosene heater next to his bed and placed the open end firmly against his head. .The heater turned the water into steam and eventually enough pressure built up inside the pipe so that when it burst, the explosion shot out bits of playing cards with enough force to penetrate Kogut's skull, killing him.^ At 9:38 AM, 8 minutes into her talk show, on WXLT-TV in Sarasota , Florida , she drew out a revolver and shot herself in the head.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ However, the squib load was still lodged in the barrel, and was propelled by the blank cartridge's explosion out of the barrel and into Lee's body.
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     ^ A cartridge with only a primer and a bullet was fired in the pistol prior to the scene Brandon was in; this caused a squib load , in which the primer provided enough force to push the bullet out of the cartridge and into the barrel of the revolver, where it became stuck.
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     In a suicide note, Kogut stated that he and he alone should punish himself for his crimes.[57][58]
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  • 1932: Eben Byers died of radiation poisoning after having consumed large quantities of a popular patent medicine containing radium.^ This caused the plutonium to come to criticality; Daghlian died of radiation poisoning, becoming the first person to die in a criticality accident .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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  • 1933: Michael Malloy, a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car.^ Michael Malloy, a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure and being struck by a car.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Michael Malloy , a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure and being struck by a car.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on life insurance policies they had purchased.^ Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on life insurance policies they had purchased.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

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  • 1935: Baseball player Len Koenecke was bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher by the crew of an aircraft he had chartered, after provoking a fight with the pilot while the plane was in the air.^ Baseball player Len Koenecke was bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher by the crew of an aircraft he had chartered, after provoking a fight with the pilot while the plane was in the air.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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  • 1939: Finnish actress Sirkka Sari died when she fell down a chimney. She was at a cast party celebrating the completion of a movie, her third and last. She mistook a chimney for a balcony and fell into a heating boiler, dying instantly.[62][63]
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  • 1941: Sherwood Anderson, writer, swallowed a toothpick at a party and then died of peritonitis.^ Blaze Zero-Three 08-24-2007, 05:45 PM Sherwood Anderson, writer, swallowed a toothpick at a party and then died of peritonitis.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Sherwood Anderson , writer , swallowed a toothpick at a party and then died of peritonitis .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Sherwood Anderson - writer  1941 --- after swallowing a toothpick at a cocktail party he died of peritonitis on an ocean liner bound for Brazil.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

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  • 1943: Critic Alexander Woollcott suffered a fatal heart attack during an on-air discussion about Adolf Hitler.^ A number of performers have died of natural causes during public performances, including: 1943 : Critic Alexander Woollcott suffered a fatal heart attack during an on-air discussion about Adolf Hitler .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Alexander Woollcott - literary critic 1943 --- heart attack while appearing on the CBS radio program "People's Platform."
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Sergei Grinkov - Russian figure skater  1995 --- died of heart attack during skating practice.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     [65]
  • 1944: Inventor and chemist Thomas Midgley, Jr. accidentally strangled himself with the cord of a pulley-operated mechanical bed of his own design.[66]
  • 1945: Scientist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. accidentally dropped a brick of tungsten carbide onto a sphere of plutonium while working on the Manhattan Project. .This caused the plutonium to come to criticality; Daghlian died of radiation poisoning, becoming the first person to die in a criticality accident.^ This caused the plutonium to come to criticality; Daghlian died of radiation poisoning, becoming the first person to die in a criticality accident .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ This version of events has since been brought into question as other causes of death (murder by Johannes Kepler , suicide , and lead poisoning among others) have come to the fore.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Vladimir Komarov became the first person to die during a space mission after the parachute of his capsule failed to deploy.
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  • 1946: Louis Slotin, chemist and physicist, died of radiation poisoning after being exposed to lethal amounts of ionizing radiation.^ This caused the plutonium to come to criticality; Daghlian died of radiation poisoning, becoming the first person to die in a criticality accident .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Alexander I of Greece - king of the Hellenes 1917–20 1920 --- died October 25, from blood poisoning after being bitten by his gardener's pet monkey.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Alexander I of Greece - king of the Hellenes 1917–20 1920 --- died October 25, from blood poisoning after being bitten by his gardener's pet monkey.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     He died in a very similar way to Harry K. Daghlian, Jr., from dropping a block of material on the same sphere of plutonium by accident. The sphere of plutonium was nicknamed the Demon core.[68]
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  • 1947: The Collyer brothers, extreme cases of compulsive hoarders, were found dead in their home in New York.^ The Collyer brothers , extreme cases of compulsive hoarders were found dead in their home in New York.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ In 1947, an anonymous tip called that there was a dead body in the Collyer house, and after much initial difficulty getting in, the police found Homer Collyer dead and Langley no where to be found.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Robert Francis Kennedy ( 1925 – 1968 ) He was U.S. attorney general in his brother's administration, later served as senator from New York , and was assassinated while running for president in 1968.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The younger brother, Langley, died by falling victim to a booby trap he had set up, causing a mountain of objects, books, and newspapers to fall on him crushing him to death.^ It fell over and pricked and crushed him to death.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The younger brother, Langley, died by falling victim to a booby trap he had set up, causing a mountain of objects, books, and newspapers to fall on him crushing him to death.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ His blind brother, Homer, who had depended on Langley for care, died of starvation some days later.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .His blind brother, Homer, who had depended on Langley for care, died of starvation some days later.^ She died of her injuries five days later.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Homer died several days later from starvation.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ His blind brother, Homer, who had depended on Langley for care, died of starvation some days later.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Their bodies were recovered after massive efforts in removing many tons of debris from their home.^ Their bodies were recovered after massive efforts in removing many tons of debris from their home.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The Bush Body Count is no longer a parody, and many of the names have been removed.
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  • 1955: Margo Jones, theater director, was killed by exposure to carbon tetrachloride fumes from her newly cleaned carpet.[70]
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  • 1958: Gareth Jones, actor, collapsed and died while in make-up between scenes of a live television play, Underground, at the studios of Associated British Corporation in Manchester.^ Gareth Jones , actor, collapsed and died while in make-up between scenes of a live television play, Underground , at the studios of Associated British Corporation in Manchester .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ South Korean , Lee Seung Seop , collapsed of fatigue and died after playing Starcraft for almost 50 consecutive hours in an Internet cafe.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Jon-Erik Hexum , an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Director Ted Kotcheff continued the play to its conclusion, improvising around Jones' absence.^ Director Ted Kotcheff continued the play to its conclusion, improvising around Jones's absence.
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  • 1959: In the Dyatlov Pass incident, nine ski hikers in the Ural Mountains abandoned their camp in the middle of the night, some clad only in their underwear despite sub-zero weather.^ On February 2, 1959, a group of tourists from the Ural Polytechnic Institute set up a camp on the mountainside of the ominous height.
    • WinterSteel.Com - Victims of Anomalous Zones 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.wintersteel.com [Source type: Original source]

     Six died of hypothermia and three by unexplained injuries. .The corpses showed no signs of struggle, but one had a fatal skull fracture, two had major chest fractures, and one was missing her tongue.^ No skull or rib fractures were noted on the CT scans and X-rays taken during the fist four days following admission.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ His X-rays and a CT scan of the head did not show skull fracture.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
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     .Soviet investigators determined only that "a compelling unknown force" had caused the deaths, barring entry to the area for years.^ No cause of death ever determined.
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     ^ Cause of death unknown.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Mary will research to see if we can determine the cause of death.

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  • 1960: In the Nedelin disaster, over 100 Soviet rocket technicians and officials died when a switch was turned on unintentionally igniting the rocket.^ In the Nedelin disaster , over 100 Soviet missile technicians and officials died when a switch was turned on unintentionally igniting the rocket, including Red Army Marshal Nedelin who was seated in a deck chair just 40 meters away overseeing launch preparations.
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     ^ The article revealed to the Soviet people that Nedelin died in the explosion of a ballistic missile in Tyuratam along with numerous other nameless victims.

     ^ On October 26, 1960, the Soviet newspapers published a short communique from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet of Ministers of the USSR informing that Marshall of Artillery Mitrofan Nedelin has died in the airplane crash.

     .The dead included Red Army Marshal Nedelin who was seated in a deck chair just 40 meters away overseeing launch preparations.^ In the Nedelin disaster , over 100 Soviet missile technicians and officials died when a switch was turned on unintentionally igniting the rocket, including Red Army Marshal Nedelin who was seated in a deck chair just 40 meters away overseeing launch preparations.
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     .The events were filmed by automatic cameras.^ The events were filmed by automatic cameras.
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  • 1960: Inejiro Asanuma, 61, the head of the Japanese Socialist Party, was stabbed to death with a wakizashi sword by extreme rightist Otoya Yamaguchi during a televised political rally.^ Jon-Erik Hexum , an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming.
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     Yamaguchi was immediately arrested and later committed suicide.[74]
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  • 1961: Valentin Bondarenko, a Soviet cosmonaut trainee, died from shock after suffering third-degree burns over much of his body due to a flash fire in the pure oxygen environment of a training simulator.^ A flash fire began in the pure oxygen atmosphere during a training exercise inside the unlaunched Apollo 1 spacecraft, killing Command Pilot Gus Grissom , Senior Pilot Ed White , and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The mere knowledge that a Soviet oxygen-rich fire had killed a cosmonaut might have been enough to forestall an American repetition of the disaster.
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     ^ He died eight hours later from the shock of the burns.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .This incident was not revealed outside of the Soviet Union until the 1980s.^ The others - first of all represented by the Norwegian Communist Party - marked themselves with their cooperation with the Nazis all the way up until the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ The others - first of all )represented by the Norwegian Communist Party - marked themselves with )their cooperation with the Nazis all the way up until the invasion of )the Soviet Union in 1941.
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

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  • 1963: Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, sat down in the middle of a busy intersection in Saigon, covered himself in gasoline, and lit himself on fire, burning himself to death. Đức was protesting President Ngô Đình Diệm's administration for oppressing the Buddhist religion.[76]
  • 1966: Worth Bingham, son of Barry Bingham, Sr., died when a surfboard, lying atop the back of his convertible, hit a parked car, swung around, and broke his neck.[77]
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  • 1967: Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee, NASA astronauts, died when a flash fire began in their pure oxygen environment during a training exercise inside the unlaunched Apollo 1 spacecraft.^ Could knowledge of the Bondarenko fire have prevented the Apollo ) fire and saved the lives of Virgil ("Gus") Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee?
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ A flash fire began in the pure oxygen atmosphere during a training exercise inside the unlaunched Apollo 1 spacecraft, killing Command Pilot Gus Grissom , Senior Pilot Ed White , and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee .
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     ^ Without knowledge of the Soviet disaster, NASA engineers grew careless in their own use of pure-oxygen atmospheres.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The spacecraft's escape hatch could not be opened during the fire because it was designed to seal shut under pressure.^ The door to the capsule was unable to be opened during the fire because of its specific design.
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     ^ When the doctor on duty noticed the conflagration through a porthole, he rushed to the hatch, which he could not open because the internal pressure kept it sealed.
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     ^ Golyakhovsky was also told that it had taken half an hour to get the pressure chamber open, with "Sergeyev" on fire until the flames consumed almost all the oxygen inside the room.
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  • 1967: Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov became the first person to die during a space mission after the parachute of his capsule failed to deploy following re-entry.^ In April 1967 cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was killed when the parachute of his Soyuz 1 spacecraft failed during the return to Earth.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Vladimir Komarov became the first person to die during a space mission after the parachute of his capsule failed to deploy.
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     ^ Vladimir Komarov  1967 --- 1st cosmonaut to die in space.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     [79]
  • 1970: Yukio Mishima, award-winning Japanese playwright and novelist, committed seppuku after failing to inspire a coup d'état at the headquarters of the Japanese Self-Defence Forces in Tokyo.[80]
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  • 1971: Jerome Irving Rodale, an American pioneer of organic farming, died of a heart attack while being interviewed on The Dick Cavett Show.^ Jerome Irving Rodale , an American pioneer of organic farming , died of a heart attack while being interviewed on The Dick Cavett Show .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ He died of a heart attack.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ After bragging that he would "live to 100, unless I’m run down by a a sugar-crazy taxi driver", Rodale died of a heart attack while being interviewed on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     According to urban legend, when he appeared to fall asleep, Cavett quipped "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?"[81]. Cavett says this is incorrect; the initial response was fellow guest Pete Hamill saying in a low voice to Cavett, "This looks bad."[82] The show was never broadcast.
  • 1972: Leslie Harvey, guitarist of Stone the Crows, was electrocuted on stage by a live microphone.[83]
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  • 1972: Luigi Greco, the Mafia boss of the Sicilian faction of Montreal, died from an incident occurring while renovating a family pizzeria.^ The origin of this suspicion reportedly arose from an incident in Topeka when a friend died and the family contacted a rival undertaker.

     He used a mop dipped in gasoline and a metal scraper to remove the filth on the floor. .However, the combination provoked an explosion and flash fire, and Greco died four days later at the Sacré-Cœur Hospital.^ She died of her injuries five days later.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ He died later that day.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Smirnov died 9 days later.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [84]
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  • 1973: Bruce Lee, an American martial artist and actor, is thought to have died by a severe allergic reaction to Equagesic.^ Bruce Lee , a martial arts actor, is thought to have died by a severe allergic reaction to Equagesic .
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     ^ Bruce Lee (Li Yuen Kam) - actor  1973 --- died suddenly from a swollen brain.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Jon-Erik Hexum , an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .His brain had swollen about 13%.^ His brain had swollen about 13%.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .His autopsy was written as "death by misadventure."^ His autopsy was written as "death by misadventure."
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     [85]
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  • 1974: Christine Chubbuck, an American television news reporter, committed suicide during a live broadcast on 15 July.^ Christine Chubbuck , an American television news reporter , committed suicide during a live broadcast on July 15 .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Christine Chubbuck [wiki] was the first and only TV news reporter to commit suicide during a live television broadcast.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ R. Budd Dwyer , a Republican politician , committed suicide during a televised press conference .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .At 9:38 am, 8 minutes into her talk show, on WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida, she drew out a revolver and shot herself in the head.^ At 9:38 AM, 8 minutes into her talk show, on WXLT-TV in Sarasota , Florida , she drew out a revolver and shot herself in the head.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ With that, Chubbuck drew up a revolver and shot herself in the head.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Jon-Erik Hexum - actor  1984 --- playfully shot himself with a blank-loaded pistol on the set of TV spy show "Cover Up."
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     [86]
  • 1974: Deborah Gail Stone, 18, an employee at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, was crushed to death between a moving wall and a stationary wall inside of the revolving America Sings attraction.[87]
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  • 1975: Physicist and businessman Kip Siegel died of a stroke while testifying before a US Congressional subcommittee.^ He died of a stroke on 14 March 1975 while testifying before a congressional committee about fusion research.
    • Radiation Laboratory 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.eecs.umich.edu [Source type: Academic]

     ^ Earlier in 1975 Kip Siegel had died.
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     [88]
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  • 1975: Bandō Mitsugorō VIII, a Japanese kabuki actor, died of severe poisoning when he ate four fugu livers (also known as pufferfish).^ Bruce Lee , a martial arts actor, is thought to have died by a severe allergic reaction to Equagesic .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The liver is considered one of the most poisonous parts of the fish, but Mitsugorō claimed to be immune to the poison.^ It is so easy to throw out accusations that are unfounded when you can claim ' ignorance' of one part of the man in regards to his spiritual understandings and perceptions.
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     The fugu chef felt he could not refuse Mitsugorō and lost his license as a result.[89]
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  • 1976: Keith Relf, former singer for British rhythm and blues band The Yardbirds, died while practicing his electric guitar.^ Keith Relf , former singer for British rhythm and blues band The Yardbirds , died while practicing his electric guitar, electrocuted because the guitar was not properly grounded.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Keith Relf - musician (The Yardbirds) 1976 --- electrocuted playing guitar in the bathtub.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Keith Relf - musician (The Yardbirds)  1976 --- electrocuted playing guitar in the bathtub.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     .He was electrocuted because the amplifier was not properly grounded.^ Keith Relf , former singer for British rhythm and blues band The Yardbirds , died while practicing his electric guitar, electrocuted because the guitar was not properly grounded.
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     [90]
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  • 1977: Tom Pryce (Formula One driver) and Jansen Van Vuuren (a track marshal) both died at the 1977 South African Grand Prix after Van Vuuren ran across the track beyond a blind brow to attend to another car which had caught fire and was struck by Pryce's car at approximately 170 mph (274 km/h).^ Tom Pryce , a Formula One driver, and a 19-year-old track marshal Jansen Van Vuuren both died at the 1977 South African Grand Prix after Van Vuuren ran across the track beyond a blind brow to attend to another car which had caught fire and was struck by Pryce's car at approximately 170 mph .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Pryce was struck in the face by the marshal's fire extinguisher and was killed instantly.
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     ^ Isadora Duncan, dancer, died of accidental strangulation and broken neck when her scarf caught on the wheel of a car in which she was a passenger.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     .Pryce was struck in the face by the marshal's fire extinguisher and was killed instantly.^ Pryce was struck in the face by the marshal's fire extinguisher and was killed instantly.
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     ^ He was competing in the Tour of Gippsland in Melbourne when he was struck by a bus and killed instantly.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [91]
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  • 1978: Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian dissident, was assassinated in London with a specially modified umbrella that fired a metal pellet with a small cavity full of ricin into his calf.
  • 1978: Janet Parker, a British medical photographer, died of smallpox in 1978, ten months after the disease was eradicated in the wild, when a researcher at the laboratory Parker worked at accidentally released some virus into the air of the building.^ Janet Parker - medical photographer  1978 --- last person to die of smallpox.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Janet Parker , a British medical photographer, died of smallpox in 1978, ten months after the disease was eradicated in the wild, when a researcher at the laboratory Parker worked at accidentally released some virus into the air of the building.
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     ^ Janet Parker - medical photographer 1978 --- last person to die of smallpox.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     .She is believed to be the last smallpox fatality in history.^ She is believed to be the last smallpox fatality in history.
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     [92]
  • 1978: Claude François, a French pop singer, was electrocuted when he tried to change a light bulb while standing in his bathtub that was full of water at the time.[93]
  • 1978: Kurt Gödel, the Austrian/American mathematician, died of starvation when his wife was hospitalized. Gödel suffered from extreme paranoia and refused to eat food prepared by anyone else. He was 65 pounds (approx. 30 kg) when he died. .His death certificate reported that he died of "malnutrition and inanition caused by personality disturbance" in Princeton Hospital on January 14, 1978.[94]
  • 1979: Robert Williams, a worker at a Ford Motor Co.^ The younger brother, Langley, died by falling victim to a booby trap he had set up, causing a mountain of objects, books, and newspapers to fall on him crushing him to death.
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     ^ On January 25, 1979, Williams climbed into a storage rack at the Ford Motor’s Flat Rock casting plant to retrieve a part because the parts-retrieval robot malfunctioned.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The initial coroner’s report was highly controversial, and stated that their death was caused by their falling asleep on railroad tracks.
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     plant, was the first known human to be killed by a robot,[95] after the arm of a one-ton factory robot hit him in the head.
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  • 1979: John Bowen, a 20-year-old of Nashua, New Hampshire was attending a halftime show at a football game at Shea Stadium on December 9, 1979. During an event which featured novelty and custom-made remote control flying machines, a 40-pound model plane shaped like a lawnmower accidentally dived into the stands with its sharp blades striking Bowen and another spectator and causing severe head injuries.^ Sergei Chalibashvili, a professional diver, died after a diving accident during World University Games.
    • List Of Unusual Deaths [Archive] - XGenStudios Forums 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC forums.xgenstudios.com [Source type: General]

     ^ NARRATOR: On the morning of August 3, 1920, 46 year-old Jacob Mills shined his boots, polished his sword, and headed to Harlem to take part in one of the biggest parades in New York's history.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Abstract: Christine, a 40-year-old white female, suffered suddenly from a fatigue syndrome in August 2000.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     .While the other spectator survived, Bowen died in hospital four days later.^ She died of her injuries five days later.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ He died later that day.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Smirnov died 9 days later.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [96][97]
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  • 1980: James Frederick Polley, a 23-year-old, from Raytown, Missouri died while riding the Fire In The Hole ride in Branson, Missouri, at Silver Dollar City theme park.^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ NARRATOR: In 1910, 23 year-old Marcus Garvey set out on a journey through Central America.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ On 24 March 1975 Alex Mitchell , a 50-year-old bricklayer from King's Lynn literally died laughing while watching an episode of The Goodies .
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     The train of cars he was riding in was mistakenly thought to be empty and inadvertently had been switched to enter the maintenance and storage area of the ride. The door to the maintenance area had a low hanging bay door, and his head got caught between the door and the train. .The other riders in the train heard shouts from workers to duck and they avoided serious injury, however James Polley did not heed their warning in time.^ Having heard ) from others on this list that this was considered a no-no by WE teachers and ) they seem to become upset when confronted with parents taking pictures, I ) watched the reactions of the teachers.
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ However, the paramedics, physicians, and nurses at two hospitals did not observe any injury caused by trauma on the child’s body.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ The fact that it did not happen is a testimony to the honorable men and women, both sides who kept their cool and did what was right-as they saw it-in times of crisis.'
    • REFLECTIONS BY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEFDELIBERATE LIES, STRANGE DEATHS AND AGRESSION TO THE WORLD ECONOMY 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.posolstvo-cuba.ru [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [98]
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  • 1981: David Allen Kirwan a 24-year-old, attempted to rescue a friend's dog after it fell into Celestine Pool, a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park on July 20, 1981. Kirwan dove into the pool but was unable to save the dog.^ An unidentified 45 year old Ukrainian man of Azerbaijani origin lowered himself by a rope into a lion enclosure at a Kiev zoo and shouted to horrified zoo visitors, "God will save me if He exists!"
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     ^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ "Valentin was the youngest of the first batch of cosmonauts (he was 24 years old)," Golovanov wrote.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     After swimming back to shore, his injuries became apparent - the exposure to the 200oF (93oC) water of the hot spring resulted in third-degree burns to 100% of his body and had also blinded him. .He died the next day at a Salt Lake City hospital.^ He died the next day.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Leon Trotsky - Russian leader 1940 --- assassinated in Mexico with the pick of an ice axe, died the next day.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     .Although there have been at least 19 deaths due to scalding at Yellowstone, this was the only known case where someone died after deliberately jumping into one of the park's hot springs.^ The USSR was plunged into national mourning, and eventually the fact of their deaths was turned to proof of the leading role of the Soviet Union on the space frontier (only stay-at-homes avoid the risk of dying).
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     ^ One day someone punched him in the stomach when he wasn’t ready, and he died several days later as a result of a ruptured appendix.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ There is no doubt the well-known author of such influential works as The Case for the UFO and The Expanding Case for the UFO had been depressed.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [99][100]
  • 1981: American photographer Carl McCunn paid a bush pilot to drop him at a remote lake near the Coleen River in Alaska in March to photograph wildlife, but failed to confirm arrangements for the pilot to pick him up again in August. .Rather than starve, McCunn shot himself in the head.^ Jon-Erik Hexum , an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ McDonald, allegedly depressed, shot himself in the head.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .His body was found in February 1982.[101]
  • 1981: Boris Sagal, a film director, died while shooting the TV miniseries World War III when he walked into the tail rotor blade of a helicopter and was decapitated.^ Boris Sagal , a motion picture-director, died while shooting the TV miniseries World War III when he walked into the tail-rotor blade of a helicopter and was decapitated.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Vic Morrow , actor , was decapitated by a helicopter blade during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie , along with two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Actor Vic Morrow [wiki] died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie when a helicopter spun out of control due to special effect explosions, crashed, and decapitated him with its rotor blades .
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [102]
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  • 1981: Jeff Dailey, a 19-year-old gamer, became the first known person to die while playing video games.^ Vladimir Komarov became the first person to die during a space mission after the parachute of his capsule failed to deploy.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ In January 1970 cosmonaut Pavel Belyayev became the first spaceman to die of natural causes.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ "Valentin was the youngest of the first batch of cosmonauts (he was 24 years old)," Golovanov wrote.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .After achieving a score of 16,660 in the arcade game Berzerk, he succumbed to a massive heart attack.^ Pete Maravich - basketball player 1988 --- heart attack while playing a game of pick-up basketball.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Pete Maravich - basketball player  1988 --- heart attack while playing a game of pick-up basketball.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Summary: Ron James Douglas was 16 weeks old when he choked after being fed and suffered a heart attack.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     .A year later, an 18-year-old gamer died after achieving high scores in the same game.^ A second "sixer," Valentin Varlamov, was dropped after injuring his neck in a stupid diving mishap (he died several years later of an unrelated medical problem).
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ American magazine History of Scientist described an incident, when a 13-year-old boy disappeared in his relatives' presence, but then was found on the same place several days later.
    • WinterSteel.Com - Victims of Anomalous Zones 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.wintersteel.com [Source type: Original source]

     [103]
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  • 1981: Kenji Urada, a Japanese factory worker was killed by a malfunctioning robot he was working on at a Kawasaki plant in Japan.^ Kenji Urada [wiki], a 37-year-old Japanese maintenance engineer was working on a broken robot at a Kawasaki plant when he failed to turn it off.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .The robot's arm pushed him into a grinding machine, killing him.^ The robot’s mechanical arm accidentally pushed him into a grinding machine.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Suddenly, the robot reactivated and slammed its arm into Williams’ head, killing him instantly.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [104]
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  • 1982: Vic Morrow, actor, was decapitated by a helicopter blade during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie.^ Vic Morrow - actor 1982 --- helicopter accident on the set of "Twilight Zone - The Movie."
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Vic Morrow , actor , was decapitated by a helicopter blade during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie , along with two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Actor Vic Morrow [wiki] died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie when a helicopter spun out of control due to special effect explosions, crashed, and decapitated him with its rotor blades .
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .Two child actors, Myca Dinh Le (who was decapitated) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (who was crushed), also died.^ Vic Morrow , actor , was decapitated by a helicopter blade during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie , along with two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ January 16th, 2008 at 4:56 am how about the guy who added his two since in about another “strange” death and died from carpal tunnel .
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Two other child actors also died at the event, which triggered a massive reform in US child labor laws and safety regulations on movie sets.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [105]
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  • 1982: Vladimir Smirnov, an Olympic champion fencer, died of brain damage nine days after his opponent's foil snapped during a match, penetrated his mask, pierced his eyeball and entered his brain.^ During a fencing match against Matthias Behr, Behr's foil snapped, pierced Smirnov's mask, penetrated his eyeball, and entered his brain.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Vladimir Smirnov , an Olympic champion fencer , died of brain damage nine days after his opponent's foil snapped during a match, pierced his eyeball and entered his brain .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Vladimir Smirnov - fencer 1982 --- brain damage.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [106]
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  • 1982: David Grundman was killed near Lake Pleasant, Arizona while shooting at cacti for fun with his shotgun.^ In 1982, 27-year-old David Grundman and a roommate decided to do a little "cactus plugging," by shooting the desert plant with a shotgun.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .After firing several shots at a 26 ft (8m) tall Saguaro Cactus from extremely close range, a 4 ft limb of the Cactus that was weakened by the gunfire detached and fell on him, crushing him.^ It fell over and pricked and crushed him to death.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ During a slide show, several people sitting close to him heard a gasp.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Unfortunately, Grundman blasted off a large chuck of the cactus that fell on him and crushed him to death!
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [107][108]
  • 1983: Richard Wertheim, a linesman at the boys' singles finals in the US open, was struck by a ball hit by a young Stefan Edberg. He toppled backwards off his chair fracturing his skull as he hit the ground.[109]
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  • 1983: Four divers and a tender were killed on the Byford Dolphin semi-submersible, when a decompression chamber explosively decompressed from 9 atm to 1 atm in a fraction of a second.^ A diver on the Byford Dolphin oil exploration rig was violently dismembered and pulled through a narrowly opened hatch when the decompression chamber was accidentally opened, causing explosive decompression .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The diver nearest the chamber opening literally exploded just before his remains were ejected through a 24 in (60 cm) opening.^ A diver on the Byford Dolphin oil exploration rig was violently dismembered and pulled through a narrowly opened hatch when the decompression chamber was accidentally opened, causing explosive decompression .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     The other divers' remains showed signs of boiled blood, unusually strong rigor mortis, large amounts of gas in the blood vessels, and scattered hemorrhages in the soft tissues.[110]
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  • 1983: Sergei Chalibashvili, a professional diver, died after a diving accident during the 1983 Summer Universiade in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^ Sergei Chalibashvili - diver 1983 --- diving accident.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Sergei Chalibashvili , a professional diver , died after a diving accident during World University Games .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Sergei Grinkov - Russian figure skater  1995 --- died of heart attack during skating practice.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     .When he attempted a three-and-a-half reverse somersault in the tuck position from the ten meter platform, he smashed his head on the platform and was knocked unconscious.^ When he attempted a three-and-a-half reverse somersault in the tuck position, he smashed his head on the board and was knocked unconscious.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ On the way down, he smashed his head on the board and was knocked unconscious.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Attempted a three-and-a-half reverse somersault in the tuck position during the World University Games.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     .He died after being in a coma for a week.^ He died after being in a coma for a week.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [111]
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  • 1983: American author Tennessee Williams died when he choked on an eyedrop bottle cap in his room at the Hotel Elysee in New York.^ American playwright Tennessee Williams [wiki] died in 1983 after he choked on a bottle cap in his hotel room.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Tennessee Williams - writer 1983 --- choked to death on a on a nose spray bottle cap that accidentally dropped into his mouth while he was using the spray.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ But when an American court took title to his personal assets and all UNIA property from New York to Kingston, Garvey was forced to declare bankruptcy.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     He would routinely place the cap in his mouth, lean back, and place his eyedrops in each eye. .Williams' lack of gag response may have been due to the effects of drugs and alcohol abuse, and it is highly likely that Williams was high when the cap ended up in his throat as drugs and alcohol were found in his room and inside his body.^ American playwright Tennessee Williams [wiki] died in 1983 after he choked on a bottle cap in his hotel room.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ She was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot wound in her head.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ It is reported by those who have listened to the Linda Tripp tapes that Ms. Lewinsky made one comment to the effect that she "didn't want to end up like Katy Mahoney."
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     There is speculation that he committed suicide or was murdered (even his brother Walter Dakin alleged this), but nothing has been conclusively proven.[112]
  • 1983: George Schwartz, a factory owner in Providence, Rhode Island, was injured in a factory explosion, which toppled every wall except one. After being treated for wounds, he went back to the factory to search for files. .Unfortunately, the final wall toppled and crushed him.
  • 1983: Jimmy Lee Gray, a man executed in Mississippi's gas chamber, died bashing his head against a metal pole behind the chair that he was strapped into.^ The younger brother, Langley, died by falling victim to a booby trap he had set up, causing a mountain of objects, books, and newspapers to fall on him crushing him to death.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Luis Monge 1967 --- executed in gas chamber, Colorado State Penitentiary, Cannon City, CO, on June 2.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Evelita Juanita Spinnelli  1941 --- 1st she woman to be enter the gas chamber in California and the was the 1st woman ever to be officially executed in that state, on November 21st.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     The poisonous gas had failed to kill him but left him in agony and gasping for eight minutes. It was later determined that the executioner was drunk.[113]
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  • 1984:Tommy Cooper, British slapstick comedian died of a heart attack while performing at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, live on national television.^ He died of a heart attack.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Jerome Irving Rodale , an American pioneer of organic farming , died of a heart attack while being interviewed on The Dick Cavett Show .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Gareth Jones , actor, collapsed and died while in make-up between scenes of a live television play, Underground , at the studios of Associated British Corporation in Manchester .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     The audience continued to laugh as he lay collapsed on the stage, thinking it was part of the act. .Following the principle that the show must go on, his body was left on the stage, hastily curtained off, and while attempts were made to revive him the other actors continued the act on the small part of the set which remained.
  • 1984: Jon-Erik Hexum, an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming, playing Russian Roulette using a revolver loaded with a single blank cartridge.^ Jon-Erik Hexum , an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Jon-Erik Hexum - actor  1984 --- playfully shot himself with a blank-loaded pistol on the set of TV spy show "Cover Up."
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Jon-Erik Hexum - actor 1984 --- playfully shot himself with a blank-loaded pistol on the set of TV spy show "Cover Up."
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     .Hexum apparently was not informed that blanks have gunpowder that explodes into gas with enough force to cause severe injury or death if the weapon is fired as contact shot.^ Although the bullet was traveling much slower than a normally fired bullet would be, the bullet's large size and the nearly point-blank firing distance made it powerful enough to severely wound Lee.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Hexum apparently did not realize that blanks use paper or plastic wadding to seal gun powder into the shell, and that this wadding is propelled out of the barrel of the gun with enough force to cause severe injury or death if the weapon is fired at point-blank range.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Jon-Erik Hexum - actor  1984 --- playfully shot himself with a blank-loaded pistol on the set of TV spy show "Cover Up."
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     .This is the principle that gives a powerhead its lethality.
  • 1986: Over 1,700 people were killed almost instantly near Lake Nyos in Cameroon when a mass of approximately 100 million cubic metres of carbon dioxide that had collected at the bottom of the lake due to seepage from geothermal sources was suddenly released on August 21, 1986. The gas cloud immediately settled (carbon dioxide is heavier than air) and covered an area of up to 12 miles (20 km) from the lake, killing all oxygen-breathing life almost instantly - although the nearby vegetation, which consumes carbon dioxide and releases oxygen, flourished afterwards.^ All 217 people aboard were killed.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Parallel and killed nearly 2 million people.
    • THE 33RD PARALLEL: MASONIC LINE OF DEATH FOR PSYCHIC ENERGY 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.informantnews.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Rapidly melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are likely to push up sea levels by a metre or more by 2100, swamping coastal cities and obliterating the living space of 600 million people who live in deltas, low-lying areas and small island states.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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  • 1987: Budd Dwyer, the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, committed suicide during a televised press conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.^ R. Budd Dwyer , a Republican politician , committed suicide during a televised press conference .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Christine Chubbuck , an American television news reporter , committed suicide during a live broadcast on July 15 .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Kevin Whitrick , a 42-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself live on a webcam during an internet chat session.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Facing a potential 55-year jail sentence for alleged involvement in a conspiracy, Dwyer shot himself in the mouth with a revolver.
  • 1987: Franco Brun, a 22-year-old prisoner at Metro East Detention Center, died after attempting to swallow and choking on a 6.35 cm.^ Facing a potential 55-year jail sentence for alleged involvement in a conspiracy , Dwyer shot himself in the mouth with a revolver .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ But Garvey was convicted and given the maximum sentence of five years in prison.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Jon-Erik Hexum , an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     (2.5 inches) by 10 cm. (4 inches) by 1.27 centimetres (half an inch) Gideon's Bible. .Brun reportedly had mental deficiencies and as such, the coroner did not label his death as suicide, believing that "the swallowing of the Bible to him was some form of symbolism or allegory as though he was trying to purge himself of the devil by consuming religion". He was only serving a 15-day sentence.^ Next I tried "Judaism", and to my surprise learned that the Norwegian word for the Jewish religion is "judaisme"; only one of the dictionaries offered "jodedom", along with "judaisme".
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ It was left to the Soviets only to fill in the details about the real death of Valentin Bondarenko, and they did in April 1986.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Our child was very aware of it as well (he started talking about it after we pulled him, and no, we did not coach him or try to elicit such a response).
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

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  • 1988: C.B. Lansing on Aloha Airlines Flight 243, flight attendant, was sucked out of an airliner when the bulkhead tore off in mid flight.
  • 1989: Ole Bentzen, a Danish audiologist, died of laughter while watching the movie A Fish Called Wanda.^ BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher, is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunken donkey attempt to eat figs.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ BC : Chrysippus , a Greek stoic philosopher , is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunken donkey attempt to eat figs .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .His heart rate went between 250-500 beats per minute and eventually succumbed to cardiac arrest.
  • 1990, David Zaback tried to rob H&J Leather and Firearms Ltd, a gunshop, and was gunned down by an off-duty Seattle police officer and the clerk of the shop.^ Nine hours later, the bomb exploded and the plane went down into the Andaman Sea off Burma.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The victim had been killed with a 22, but the police firearms examiner determined that Mr. Graham's gun DID NOT fire the fatal bullet.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     He had to walk around a marked police car to enter.[116]
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  • 1991: Edward Juchniewicz, a 76-year-old man, was killed when the ambulance stretcher he was strapped to rolled down a grade and overturned.^ Kevin Whitrick , a 42-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself live on a webcam during an internet chat session.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Bobbi McKennon, a 16 year old teenager from Maryland was killed while imitating a stunt from MTV's Jackass .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ A 25-year-old Dutch woman studying in Paris , Renée Hartevelt, was killed and eaten by a classmate, Issei Sagawa , when he invited her to dinner for a literary conversation.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     The ambulance attendants, while speaking to a doctor's staff, had left the stretcher unattended. .Juchniewicz suffered a head injury and died a short time later.^ She died of her injuries five days later.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ She died of massive head injuries.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ He died after shooting himself a short while later.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [117]
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  • 1992: American survivalist Christopher McCandless died of starvation near Denali National Park after a few months trying to live off the land in the Alaskan wilderness.^ The late astronomer Dr. M.K. Jessup was the first to reveal details of the Philadelphia Experiment-he died a few months later.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .His life and death were researched by Jon Krakauer, who then wrote the book Into the Wild which was later turned into a movie.
  • 1993: Actor Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, was shot and killed by Michael Massee using a prop gun while filming the movie The Crow.^ Brandon Lee , son of Bruce Lee, was shot and killed by a prop .44 Magnum gun while filming the movie The Crow .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Brandon Lee - actor 1993 --- shot by a gun firing blanks, while filming the movie "The Crow."
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Brandon Lee - actor  1993 --- shot by a gun firing blanks, while filming the movie "The Crow."
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     .A cartridge with only a primer and a bullet was fired in the pistol before the fatal scene; this caused a squib load, in which the primer provided enough force to push the bullet out of the cartridge and into the barrel of the revolver, where it became stuck.^ The victim had been killed with a 22, but the police firearms examiner determined that Mr. Graham's gun DID NOT fire the fatal bullet.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Getting the victim intoxicated and then throwing them out of an airplane into the sea became “popular”.
    • THE 33RD PARALLEL: MASONIC LINE OF DEATH FOR PSYCHIC ENERGY 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.informantnews.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The malfunction went unnoticed by the crew, and the same gun was used again later to shoot the death scene.^ The malfunction went unnoticed by the crew, and the same gun was used again later to shoot the death scene, having been re-loaded with blanks.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ In the 1920s (approx) a famous magician committed suicide on stage by using real bullets instead of blanks in a gun used to shoot himself.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .His death was not instantly recognized by the crew or other actors; they believed he was still acting.^ It was not instantly recognized by the crew or other actors; they believed he was still acting.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ (Actually, Crockett survived the assault along with a few others, but was bayoneted to death by the Mexicans after they took the fort.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

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  • 1993: Garry Hoy, a 38-year old lawyer and a senior partner at the Holden Day Wilson Law firm in Toronto, Canada, fell to his death on July 9, 1993, after he threw himself against a window on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre in an attempt to prove to a group of visiting Law Students that the glass was "unbreakable." His first attempt failed to damage the glass at all. .On his second attempt the glass still didn't break but instead actually popped out of the window frame, and he fell over 300 feet to his death.^ Garry Hoy , a Toronto lawyer, fell to his death after he threw himself through the glass wall on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre in order to prove the glass was "unbreakable."
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Irish fell more than 60 feet to his death on October 29, 1991, after breaking loose from his bungee cord during a demonstration.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ While demonstrating the unbreakable quality of his wares by pounding on a window on the top floor of a skyscraper the window shattered and he fell to his death.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [119][120]
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  • 1993: Michael A. Shingledecker Jr. was killed almost instantly when he and a friend were struck by a pickup truck while lying flat on the yellow dividing line of a two-lane highway in Polk, Pennsylvania.^ Pryce was struck in the face by the marshal's fire extinguisher and was killed instantly.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ He was competing in the Tour of Gippsland in Melbourne when he was struck by a bus and killed instantly.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     They were copying a daredevil stunt from the movie The Program. .Marco Birkhimer died of a similar accident while performing the same stunt in Route 206 of Bordentown, New Jersey.^ Owen Hart - WWF wrestler 1999 --- died while performing a stunt in the wrestling ring.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Owen Hart , a professional wrestler for WWE died during a Pay-Per-View event when performing a stunt.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [121]
  • 1994: Gloria Ramirez was admitted to Riverside General Hospital, in Riverside, California, for complications of advanced cervical cancer. .Before she died, her caregivers claimed that Ramirez's body mysteriously emitted toxic fumes that made several emergency room workers very ill.^ A group of 28 emergency workers traveled overnight by foot and horseback to reach the scene before dawn.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ It surely must be a conspiracy, except that official records show that Bill Clinton made an unscheduled return from Camp David to the White House the morning she died and before her body was discovered.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     She was dubbed the "toxic lady" by the media.[122]
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  • 1995: A 39 year old man committed suicide in Canberra, Australia by shooting himself three times with a pump action shotgun.^ An unidentified 45 year old Ukrainian man of Azerbaijani origin lowered himself by a rope into a lion enclosure at a Kiev zoo and shouted to horrified zoo visitors, "God will save me if He exists!"
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Died June 1994 by allegedly committing suicide by shooting himself at the grave site of his fiancee, Kathy Ferguson.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ But if we are in favor of individualized instruction, then we should not ) assume that a 6- or 7-year-old who is having trouble learning to read needs ) "time to wait" and "certainly won't suffer from waiting."
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     .The first shot passed through his chest and went out the other side.^ Waldorf high schools I will enter an *ordinary high school* scared and insecure with all the authority I went through and feel very different form the other kids?"
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     He reloaded and shot away his throat and part of his jaw. .Breathing through the wound in his throat, he again reloaded, held the gun against his chest with his hands and operated the trigger with his toes.^ Boorda was found at home with a gunshot wound to the chest, a gun found nearby.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     This shot entered the thoracic cavity and demolished the heart, killing him.[123]
  • 1995: A 14 year old girl, Ryan Bielby, plummeted to her death while riding the rollercoaster the Timber Wolf at Kansas City's Worlds of Fun amusement park. She had unbuckled her seatbelt and maneuvered herself free from the lap bar and restraint devices in an attempt to switch seats with a friend. .She fell about 25 feet to her death.^ August 27th, 2008 at 8:14 am Hey, what about RyadeVorsinne of Romania who swollowed his own feces and choked to death after he fell intothe toilet while drunk?
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [124][125]
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  • 1996: Sharon Lopatka, an Internet entrepreneur from Maryland, allegedly solicited a man via the Internet to torture and kill her for the purpose of sexual gratification.^ Sharon Lopatka , an internet entrepreneur from Maryland who allegedly solicited a man via the Internet to torture and kill her for the purpose of sexual gratification.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     Her killer, Robert Fredrick Glass, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the homicide.
  • 1998: Tom and Eileen Lonergan were stranded while scuba diving with a group of divers off Australia's Great Barrier Reef. .The group's boat accidentally abandoned them owing to an incorrect head count taken by the dive boat crew.^ The group's boat accidentally abandoned them due to an incorrect head count taken by the dive boat crew.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Their bodies were never recovered.^ Their bodies were never recovered.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The incident inspired the film Open Water and an episode of 20/20.^ The incident is depicted in the film Open Water .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [126]
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  • 1998: Every player on the Basanga soccer team at a game in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between Bena Tshadi and visitors Basanga was struck by a fork bolt of lightning, killing them all instantly.^ Professor Georg Wilhelm Richmann , of Saint Petersburg , Russia , was struck and killed by a globe of ball lightning while observing a storm.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The cross was suddenly struck by lightning, electrocuting each of the children instantly.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Pryce was struck in the face by the marshal's fire extinguisher and was killed instantly.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [127]
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  • 1999: Owen Hart, a Canadian-born professional wrestler for WWF, died during a pay-per-view event when performing a stunt.^ Owen Hart - WWF wrestler 1999 --- died while performing a stunt in the wrestling ring.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Owen Hart - WWF wrestler  1999 --- died while performing a stunt in the wrestling ring.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Owen Hart , a professional wrestler for WWE died during a Pay-Per-View event when performing a stunt.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .It was planned to have Owen come down from the rafters of the Kemper Arena on a safety harness tied to a rope to make his ring entrance.^ It was planned to have Owen come down from the rafters of the Kemper Arena on a safety harness tied to a rope to make his ring entrance.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The safety latch was released and Owen dropped 78 feet (24 m), bouncing chest-first off the top rope resulting in a severed aorta, which caused his lungs to fill with blood.^ The safety latch was released and Owen dropped 78 feet head first, hitting the ring's turnbuckle, then landing in the wrestling ring.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ It was planned to have Owen come down from the rafters of the Kemper Arena on a safety harness tied to a rope to make his ring entrance.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Al-Bayati’s investigation reveals that Ron suffered from a severe hypocalcemia which, in children, has caused seizures, respiratory disorders, laryngospasm, and/or severe cardiac disorders resulting in sudden death.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     [128]

21st century

  • 2000: Airline passenger Jonathan Burton stormed the cockpit door of a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City. .The 19-year-old was subdued by eight other passengers with such force that he died of asphyxiation.^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ My four-year-old has been coming home from Kindergarten saying things like: "My Teacher says such and such."
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Allard Lowenstein , Long Island , New York: Guiding force behind the 18-year-old "Dump Nixon" vote drive.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [129]
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  • 2001: Bernd-Jürgen Brandes from Germany was voluntarily stabbed repeatedly and then partly eaten by Armin Meiwes (who was later called the Cannibal of Rothenburg).^ Bernd-Jürgen Brandes was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and then eaten by Armin Meiwes .
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Brandes had answered an internet advertisement by Meiwes looking for someone for this purpose.^ Brandes had answered an internet advertisement by Meiwes looking for someone for this purpose.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     Brandes explicitly stated in his will that he wished to be killed and eaten.[130]
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  • 2001: Gregory Biggs, a homeless man in Fort Worth, Texas, was struck by a car being driven by Chante Jawan Mallard, who had been drinking and taking drugs that night.^ Michael Malloy , a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure and being struck by a car.
    • List of unusual deaths - WhatsTheCrack.net 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC whatsthecrack.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ If it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     Biggs' torso became lodged in Mallard's windshield with severe but not immediately fatal injuries. Mallard drove home and left the car in her garage with Biggs still lodged in her car's windshield. She repeatedly visited Biggs and even apologized for hitting him. .Biggs died of his injuries several hours later.^ She died of her injuries five days later.
    • Unusual Deaths 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC lamanouche.com [Source type: General]
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ He died eight hours later from the shock of the burns.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ One day someone punched him in the stomach when he wasn’t ready, and he died several days later as a result of a ruptured appendix.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [131] .Chante Mallard was tried and convicted for murder in this case and received a 50-year prison sentence.^ He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ But Garvey was convicted and given the maximum sentence of five years in prison.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ They were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     The film Stuck is loosely based on this unusual death.[132]
    • .
  • 2001: Michael Colombini, a 6-year-old from Croton-on-Hudson, New York, was struck and killed, at Westchester Regional Medical Center, by a 6.5-pound metal oxygen tank when it was pulled into the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine while he underwent a test.^ NARRATOR: On the morning of August 3, 1920, 46 year-old Jacob Mills shined his boots, polished his sword, and headed to Harlem to take part in one of the biggest parades in New York's history.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ He distributed the paper with the help of Amy Ashwood, who had made her way to New York a year earlier.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Ezbjörn was accused and convicted of killing Nadine based on the finding of old and new intracranial bleeding during autopsy.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     .He began to experience breathing difficulties while in the MRI and when a technician brought a portable oxygen canister into the magnetic field, it was pulled from his hands and struck the boy in the head.^ His head was then struck off, and his body divided into quarters, the punishment known as 'hanged, drawn and quartered'.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [133][134]
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  • 2002: Brittanie Cecil, an American 13-year-old hockey fan, died two days after being struck in the head by a hockey puck shot by Espen Knutsen at a game in Columbus, Ohio.^ She died after being in a coma for 5 days.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Raymond Johnson Chapman - Cleveland Indians baseball player 1920 --- died one day after being struck in head by baseball pitch, becoming the only player ever killed as result of major league baseball game.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ He fell over backwards and hit his head on the ice after being checked during a game against the Oakland Seals.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [135]
    • .
  • 2003: Doug McKay was killed at the Island county fair amusement park when his arm was caught as he sprayed lubricant on a Super Loop 2 circular roller coaster.^ At the end of his thirteenth season in the park in 2003, he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were killed and partially eaten by a grizzly bear.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     The ride was in operation at the time and he was pulled 40 feet (12 m) in the air before falling and landing on a fence.[136]
    • .
  • 2003: Brian Douglas Wells, a pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed by a time bomb that was fastened around his neck.^ Paul March 23rd, 2007 at 12:08 pm And why is no-one sticking up for the Pizza delivery man.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ On the afternoon of August 28, 2003, pizza deliveryman Brian Wells [wiki] tried to rob a bank with a home-made shotgun disguised as a cane.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .He was apprehended by the police after robbing a bank, and claimed he had been forced to do it by three people who had put the bomb around his neck and would kill him if he refused.^ The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Clark Fiester was among the eight people killed on this flight.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ March 12th, 2007 at 1:58 pm Regarding Death by Necklace Bomb, a few weeks ago, that was finally solved and I’m pretty sure that the people who strapped the bomb to the guy’s neck were arrested.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The police came, they apprehended Tyler and took him to jail in Harlem.
    • American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Transcript 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]

     .The bomb later exploded, killing him.^ Nine hours later, the bomb exploded and the plane went down into the Andaman Sea off Burma.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Rajiv Gandhi - prime minister of India from 1984 until 1989 1991 --- killed by a bomb, hidden in a bouquet of flowers, which exploded in his hand.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ In anger, Daniel kicked the safe and injured his toe, which later developed an infection that killed him!
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .In 2007, police alleged Wells was involved in the robbery plot along with two other conspirators.^ Until today, it’s unclear whether Wells was a victim, a co-conspirator or the lone perpetrator of the robbery and subsequent death.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [137]
  • 2003: Dr. Hitoshi Nikaidoh, a surgical doctor, was decapitated as he stepped on to an elevator at Christus St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas on August 16, 2003. According to a witness inside the elevator, the elevator doors closed as Nikaidoh entered, trapping his head inside the elevator with the remainder of his body still outside. .His body was later found at the bottom of the elevator shaft while the upper portion of his head, severed just above the lower jaw, was found in the elevator.^ His burned body was found in a trash dump in April 1989 with a gunshot wound to the head, body mutilation.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ April 24th, 2009 at 10:41 pm Grigori Rasputin was later found after they dumped his body in the water.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ About two weeks later, after removing nearly 100 tons of garbage from the house, workers found Langley Collyer’s partialy decomposed (and rat-chewed) body just 10 feet away from where they had found his brother.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     A subsequent investigation revealed that improper electrical wiring installed by a maintenance company several days earlier had effectively bypassed all of the safeguards.[138][139]
    • .
  • 2003: Timothy Treadwell, an American environmentalist who had lived in the wilderness among bears for thirteen summers in a remote region in Alaska, and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were killed and partially consumed by a bear.^ At the end of his thirteenth season in the park in 2003, he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were killed and partially eaten by a grizzly bear.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Timothy Treadwell - envirnmentalist (and Amie Huguenard) (2003) --- lived among the grizzly bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska for approximately 13 seasons.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ So what we have total here is somewhere between 1000-3000 people total who were aware of a conspiracy by America's government to kill thousands of American citizens?
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     An audio recording of their deaths was captured on a video camera which had been turned on at the beginning of the incident. Werner Herzog's documentary film, Grizzly Man, discusses Treadwell and his death.[140]
    • .
  • 2004: Phillip Quinn, a 24-year-old from Kent, Washington was killed during an attempt to heat up a lava lamp bulb on his kitchen stove while observing it from a few feet away.^ Ezbjörn was accused and convicted of killing Nadine based on the finding of old and new intracranial bleeding during autopsy.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ A 17-year-old mystery over the crash of an Italian plane that killed 81 ...
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ "Valentin was the youngest of the first batch of cosmonauts (he was 24 years old)," Golovanov wrote.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     The heat built up pressure in the bulb until it exploded, spraying shards of glass. One pierced his heart, killing him.[141] The circumstances of his death were later repeated and confirmed in a 2006 episode of the popular science television series MythBusters.[142]
  • 2005: Kenneth "Mr. Hands" Pinyan of Gig Harbor, Washington died of acute peritonitis after seeking out and receiving anal intercourse from a stallion, an act he had engaged in previously on numerous occasions without injury. Pinyan delayed his visit to the hospital for several hours out of reluctance to explain the circumstances of his injury to doctors. The case led to the criminalization of bestiality in Washington.[143] .His story was recounted in the award winning 2007 documentary film Zoo.
  • 2005: Lee Seung Seop, a 28-year-old South Korean, collapsed of fatigue and died after playing the videogame StarCraft online for almost 50 consecutive hours in an Internet cafe.^ Abstract: Christine, a 40-year-old white female, suffered suddenly from a fatigue syndrome in August 2000.
    • About Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC justiceforej.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Justin March 13th, 2007 at 2:42 am 50-year-old bricklayer Alex Mitchell died of heart failure brought on by uncontrollable laughter while watching the ‘Kung Fu Kapers’ episode of the british comedy ‘The Goodies’.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [144]
    • .
  • 2006: Erika Tomanu, a seven-year-old girl in Saitama, Japan, died when she was sucked down the intake pipe of a current pool at a water park.^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ When the party ended, a 31-year-old guest named Jerome Moody was found dead on the bottom of the recreation department’s pool.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     The grille that was meant to cover the inlet came off, yet lifeguards at the pool at the time deemed it safe enough to allow swimmers to stay in the water as they had issued a verbal warning about the situation. .She was sucked head first more than 10 metres down the pipe by the powerful pump and it took rescuers more than 6 hours to remove her by digging through concrete to access the pipe.^ His head was first cut off and then melted gold was poured down his throat.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Prince William I of Orange, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg also widely known as William the Silent 1584 --- reputed to be the first world head of state assassinated through use of a handgun..On 10 July,1584, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard .
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Even more amazingly an hour had elapsed in little more than several seconds.
    • WinterSteel.Com - Victims of Anomalous Zones 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.wintersteel.com [Source type: Original source]

     [145]
    • .
  • 2006: Steve Irwin, an Australian television personality and naturalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, died when his heart was impaled by a short-tail stingray barb while filming a documentary entitled "Ocean's Deadliest" in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.^ In 2006, Australian wildlife expert and TV personality Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin [wiki] died when he was stabbed in the heart by a stingray spine while filming a documentary Ocean’s Deadliest .
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ May 7th, 2009 at 3:40 pm Steve Irwin was a great guy.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ I think the steve irwin thing is a bit out of controll, personally i did think he was a bit of a idiot, but he loved what he did, he loved the animals, thats the lifestyle he chose.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [146]
    • .
  • 2006: Alexander Litvinenko, a former officer of the Russian State security service, and later a Russian dissident and writer, died after being poisoned with polonium-210 causing acute radiation syndrome.^ Later analyses suggested that Tycho died because of mercury poisoning but that’s not nearly as interesting as the original story.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Later it was determined that Kevin died from a crushed skull prior to being placed on the tracks.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Alexander I of Greece - king of the Hellenes 1917–20 1920 --- died October 25, from blood poisoning after being bitten by his gardener's pet monkey.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     .He is the first known case of deliberate poisoning in this manner.
  • 2007: Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman from Sacramento, died of water intoxication while trying to win a Nintendo Wii console in a KDND 107.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating.^ Jennifer Lea Strange - game show contestant 2007 --- died of water intoxication after taking part in a Sacramento, California, radio station's water-drinking contest.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Spockrocker March 14th, 2007 at 10:13 pm One very strange death is a woman from my town who entered a radio contest to drink as much water as possible in order to win a Wii for her children.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [147][148]
    • .
  • 2007: Humberto Hernandez, a 24-year-old Oakland, California resident, was killed while walking on a sidewalk after being struck in the face by an airborne fire hydrant; a passing car blew a tire and swerved onto the sidewalk, striking the fire hydrant.^ "Valentin was the youngest of the first batch of cosmonauts (he was 24 years old)," Golovanov wrote.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ A five year old being one of China’s preeminent poets would be something indeed.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Here is another story: Frank (19 years old) was sitting in his car in 1982, when he suddenly saw a bright spot that was moving slowly towards the ground.
    • WinterSteel.Com - Victims of Anomalous Zones 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.wintersteel.com [Source type: Original source]

     The force of the water pressure shot the 200-pound hydrant at Hernandez with enough force to kill him.[149][150][151]
    • .
  • 2007: Kevin Whitrick, a 42-year-old man, committed suicide by hanging himself live on a webcam during an Internet chat session.^ Died June 1994 by allegedly committing suicide by shooting himself at the grave site of his fiancee, Kathy Ferguson.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Justin March 13th, 2007 at 2:42 am 50-year-old bricklayer Alex Mitchell died of heart failure brought on by uncontrollable laughter while watching the ‘Kung Fu Kapers’ episode of the british comedy ‘The Goodies’.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ If he lived and ran for President, he would have been 40 years old just after the 2000 Presidential election.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [152]
    • .
  • 2007: Surinder Singh Bajwa, the Deputy Mayor of Delhi, India, was warding off several Rhesus Macaque monkeys at his home and fell from a first-floor balcony, suffering serious head injuries.^ March 17th, 2007 at 10:17 am at the time of the attempts on rasputin they also cut off his penis..this can be found in several books.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ So the Soviets may have suffered several such off-duty cosmonaut fatalities but felt they didn't count.
    • http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Says: March 17th, 2007 at 10:17 am at the time of the attempts on rasputin they also cut off his penis..this can be found in several books.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     .He later died from his injuries.^ She died of her injuries five days later.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     [153]
    • .
  • 2008: Abigail Taylor, age 6, died nine months after several of her internal organs were partially sucked out of her lower body while she sat on an excessively powerful swimming pool drain.^ A 5 year old died when she sat on a drain in a swimming pool- her insides were sucked out of her butt.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Roger Dodger March 13th, 2007 at 1:41 am Catherine the Great supposedly died while a horse was lowered on to her body for the purpose of horsesex.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     After several months, surgeons replaced her intestines and pancreas with donor organs. Unfortunately, she later succumbed to a rare transplant-related cancer.[154]
    • .
  • 2008: Gerald Mellin, a U.K. businessman, committed suicide by tying one end of a rope around his neck and the other to a tree.^ Ashad Sharif, another Marconi scientist, reportedly tied a rope around his neck, and then to a tree, in October 1986, got behind the wheel of his car and stepped on the gas with predictable results.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ By the way, chek theese, A guy commited suicide by tieing a rope round his neck and the oner end to a tree.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ He also pointed out that Bono had no neck trauma, no contrecoup brain injuries, nor any other sign that would have come from colliding with a tree at 30 mph.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .He then hopped into his Aston Martin DB7 and drove down a main road in Swansea until the rope decapitated him.^ He hopped into his car and drove off at 70 mph.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ His gunshot missed and cut the rope, and he fell into the cold water which made him vomit up the poison.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     He supposedly did this as an act of revenge against his ex-wife for leaving him.[155]
    • .
  • 2008: David Phyall, 58, the last resident in a block of flats due to be demolished in Bishopstoke, near Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom, cut his own head off with a chainsaw to highlight the injustice of being forced to move out.^ His head was first cut off and then melted gold was poured down his throat.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ One grabs onto the racial mystique in order to avoid the burden that accompanies being a personality and having to assert oneself as that which one is by the force of one's own being."
    • Waldorf Critics Archive 0109 (September, 2001, Part 3 of 3) 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.waldorfcritics.org [Source type: Original source]

     [156]
    • .
  • 2008: James Mason, 73, of Chardon, Ohio, died of heart failure after his significantly younger wife exercised him to death in a public swimming pool.^ James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner who died of an apparent heart attack while in solitary confinement.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     Christine Newton-John, 41, was seen on video tape pulling Mason around the pool and preventing him from getting out of the water 43 times. Newton-John later pleaded guilty to reckless homicide.[157]
    • .
  • 2008: Isaiah Otieno, 20, a Kenyan student living in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, was crushed when a single-engine Bell 206 helicopter crashed on top of him and burst into flames when he was walking to mail home a letter.^ Denver's single-engine, Y-shaped plane crashed Sunday afternoon in the choppy waters ...
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Killed in the crash of a single-engine airplane , during takeoff from Daniel Field, Augusta, Richmond County , Ga., August 4, 2000 .
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     Otieno did not hear the helicopter because he was wearing headphones at the time. .The three occupants of the helicopter also died in the crash.^ Jane Dornnacker - helicopter traffic reporter 1986 --- died doing a live traffic report for WNBC-AM NYC when her helicopter crashed.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     The cause of the crash remains unknown.[158]
  • 2009: Jonathan Campos, a sailor charged with murder, killed himself in his Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California, cell by stuffing toilet paper in his mouth until he asphyxiated.[159]
  • 2009: Diana Durre, of Chambers, Nebraska, died after a 75-foot (23 m) tall Taco Bell sign fell on top of the truck cab she was in. Strong winds caused the pole to break at a welded joint about 15 feet (4.5 m) above the ground.[160]
    • .
  • 2009: Sergey Tuganov, a 28-year-old Russian, bet two women that he could continuously have sex with them both for twelve hours.^ The two most significant domestic events of the '60s were civil rights legislation and the moon landing, both ideas of JFK, both of which could have happened in Kennedy administrations.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Five-year-old twins Tanya and Sonya Komarova from Saratov allegedly disappeared from their kindergarten and then unexpectedly appeared there again about three hours later.
    • WinterSteel.Com - Victims of Anomalous Zones 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.wintersteel.com [Source type: Original source]

     .Several minutes after winning the $4,300 bet, he suffered a heart attack and died.^ He died of a heart attack.
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     ^ James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner who died of an apparent heart attack while in solitary confinement.
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Rouse, who had been supporting Edwards in his campaign for Congressional attention to the UFO issue, died of a similar heart attack shortly afterwards.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .It is believed that the heart attack was the result of Tuganov ingesting an entire bottle of Viagra just after accepting the bet.^ It is just as easy, and has been for some time, to induce heart attacks and other physical debilitations, such as fast-acting cancers.
    • Liquidation Of The UFO Investigators 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC rense.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ March 12th, 2007 at 11:05 am the preacher who had a heart attack and died while on the stage just finishing saying “when i get to heaven” .
    • 30 Strangest Deaths in History. – Neatorama 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.neatorama.com [Source type: General]

     [161]
  • 2009: Taylor Mitchell, a Canadian folk singer, was attacked and killed by two coyotes[162], only the second recorded human fatality from a coyote attack.[163]
    • .
  • 2009: Vladimir Likhonos, a Ukrainian student, died after accidentally dipping a piece of homemade chewing gum into explosives he was using on another project.^ Tennessee Williams - writer 1983 --- choked to death on a on a nose spray bottle cap that accidentally dropped into his mouth while he was using the spray.
    • Unusual Celebrity Deaths Trivial Trivia Collections 20 September 2009 5:05 UTC www.corsinet.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Bush'executive assassination ring' reported directly to Cheney office: Reporter 11 Mar 2009 " Could this be a Clue to so many Microbiologists dying in accidents ?"
    • MURDER BY PLANE CRASH 25 September 2009 15:29 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     He mistook the jar of explosive for citric acid, which was also on his desk. The gum exploded, blowing off his jaw and most of the lower part of his face.[164]

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