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This is a '''list of unusual deaths''' &ndash; unique causes or extremely rare circumstances &ndash; recorded throughout history. The list also includes less rare, but still unusual, deaths of prominent persons. These are a series of incomplete '''lists of unusual deaths''', unique or extremely rare circumstances of ] recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. <!--Deaths that are unusual but that are not associated with reliable sources that ''say'' the death is unusual will be removed. -->
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==Unusual deaths==
To be included on this list, an unusual death has to receive mention in the Misplaced Pages article of a person, or the death itself has to be the focus of a Misplaced Pages article.
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Due to the length of this list, it has been divided into the following sections:


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* ]: The Greek playwright ] was killed when an eagle dropped a live tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a stone.
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* ]: The poet and grammarian ] reportedly wasted away and died of ] while brooding about the ].<ref>Donaldson, John William and Müller, Karl Otfried. ''A History of the Literature of Ancient Greece'', p. 262. London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858.</ref>
File:Death of Aeschylus in Florentine Picture Chronicle.jpg|alt=|The death of ], killed by a ] dropped onto his head by an ], illustrated in the 15th-century ''Florentine Picture-Chronicle'' by ]<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |title=Meditation in Solitude |first=Ursula |last=Hoff |journal=] |volume=1 |year=1937 |pages=292–294 |jstor=749994 |issue=44 |doi=10.2307/749994 |s2cid=192234608 |issn=0959-2024}}</ref>
*]: ], a Greek ] ], is believed to have ] after watching his drunken donkey attempt to eat figs.<ref>''ibid.'', p. 27.</ref>
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*]: ] suffered from fever, intense rashes, colon pains, ], inflammation of the abdomen, a putrefaction of his gentiles that produced worms, convulsions, and difficulty breathing before he finally gave up. <ref>Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Book 17, Chapter 6</ref>
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*]: According to some accounts, ] emperor ], after being defeated in battle and captured by the ], was used as a footstool by their king ]. After a long period of mistreatment and humiliation, he offered Shapur a huge ransom for his release. In reply, Shapur had molten ] poured down Valerian's throat. He then had the unfortunate emperor skinned and his skin stuffed with straw or dung and preserved as a trophy in the main ] temple. Only after Persia's defeat in their last war with Rome three and a half centuries later was his skin given a cremation and burial.<ref>], ''De Mortibus Persecutorum'', v; Wickert, L., "Licinius (Egnatius) 84" in '']'' 13.1 (1926), 488-495; Parker, H., ''A History of the Roman World A.D. 138 to 337'' (London, 1958), 170. From .</ref>


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*]: ] was rumoured to have been stabbed in the gut or bowels while he was performing his ]s.<ref>] (tr. Thomas Forester). ''The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon'', p. 196. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853.</ref>
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*]: ] was killed in the collapse of his scientific ].<ref>Darras, Joseph Epiphane and White, Charles Ignatius. ''A General History of the Catholic Church: From the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Twentieth Century'', pp. 406-7. New York: P. J. Kennedy, 1898.</ref>
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*]: ], after being deposed and imprisoned by his ] ] and her lover ], was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schama |first=Simon |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A History of Great Britain: 3000BC-AD1603|year=2000 |publisher=BBC Worldwide |location= London|id= }} p.220</ref>
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*]: ], ] reportedly was executed by drowning in a barrel of ]<ref>Thompson, C. J. S. ''Mysteries of History with Accounts of Some Remarkable Characters and Charlatans'', pp. 31 ''ff.'' Kila, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2004.</ref> at his own request.
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== Early Modern Times == == References ==
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*]: ], leader of a peasants' revolt in the ], was roasted alive on a white hot iron chair. His captured companions were forced to eat his flesh.<ref></ref>
*]: ] of France was killed during a stunt knight's ] match, when his helmet's soft golden grille gave way to a broken lancetip which pierced his eye and entered his brain.
*]: ], 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. This version of events has since been brought into question as other causes of death (murder by ], ], and lead poisoning among others) have come to the fore.<ref></ref>
*]: ], chef to ], committed suicide because his seafood order was late and he couldn't stand the shame of a postponed meal. His body was discovered by an aide, sent to tell him of the arrival of the fish.<ref>, but it states the authenticity is doubtful.</ref>
*]: ], ], died of a ] ] after piercing his foot with a staff while he was vigorously conducting a '']''. The performance was to celebrate the king's recovery from an illness.<ref></ref>
*]: ], a ] military leader, was tortured and executed by gouging his eyes out, followed by slashing his limbs off. The executioner went on to tear his flesh off with red-hot pincers.
*]: Professor ], of ], ], was struck and killed by a globe of ] while observing a storm.<ref></ref>
*]: King of ], ], died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of ], ], ], smoked ] and ], which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite ]: ] served in a bowl of hot ]. He is thus remembered by Swedish schoolchildren as "the king who ate himself to death."
*]: ], ] of ], was arrested by a '']'' and a ], and immediately executed by being strangled, shot, stabbed, and decapitated in quick succession.<ref>], ''Între Orient şi Occident. Ţările române la începutul epocii moderne'' ("Between Orient and Occident. The Romanian Lands at the beginning of the modern era"), Humanitas, Bucharest, 1995, p.19; ], ''Istoria Bucureştilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre'' ("History of Bucharest. From the earliest times until our day"), Ed. Pentru Literatură, Bucharest, 1966, p.107</ref>


== Modern Age == == Further reading ==
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===19th century===
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wrJygAACAAJ|title=Strange Inhuman Deaths|isbn=978-0-7509-3864-8|last1=Bellamy|first1=John G|year= 2008|publisher=History Press}}
*]: ], ] ], fell into a pit trap accompanied by a bull. He was mauled and possibly crushed.<ref>: The source is uncertain if the bull fell in before or after him.</ref>
* {{cite book|first=Nick|last=Daws|title=Daft Deaths and Famous Last Words|publisher=Lagoon Books|date=2005|isbn=978-1-9047-9715-9}}
*]: ], ], died of ] resulting from having bitten his ] after stumbling on the ].<ref></ref>
* {{cite book|last=Dreher|first=Dale|title=Death by Misadventure: 210 Dumb Ways to Die|asin=B007JYWNV4|date=2012-03-12}}
*]: French president ] died of a stroke while receiving ] in his office.
* {{cite book|last=Dunning|first=John|author-link=John Dunning (journalist)|title=Strange Deaths|series=True Crime|date=February 1997|isbn=978-185958498-9}}
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7HTfGRRllAQC|title=Curious Events in History|first=Michael|last=Powell|publisher=]|year= 2008|isbn=978-1-4027-6307-6}}
* {{Cite book|title=Strange Deaths: More Than 375 Freakish Fatalities|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|last2=Simmons|first2=Ian|last3=Stevenson|first3=Val|location=New York|publisher=]|year=2000|page=14|isbn=978-0-7607-1947-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fijmTMOJrJcC|access-date=4 January 2022|via=]}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py_ZAAAACAAJ|title=The Fortean Times Book of More Strange Deaths|isbn=978-1-902212-02-9|year=1998|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|publisher=John Brown }}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RpLMwEACAAJ|title=The Fortean Times Book of Strange Deaths|isbn=978-1-907779-97-8|year=2011|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|publisher=Russell Blackman }}
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCExOEknBQ0C|title=Mysterious Deaths and Disappearances|last1=Southwell|first1=David|author1-link=David Southwell|last2=Twist|first2=Sean|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4042-1081-3}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JS5mHAAACAAJ|title=Curious and Unusual Deaths|last=Winterbotham|first=Russell R.|author-link=Russell R. Winterbotham|publisher= Haldeman-Julius|location=Girard, KS|year=1929}}
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== External links ==
===20th century===
* {{cite web|url=http://health.discovery.com/tv-shows/curious-and-unusual-deaths-pictures.htm|archive-date=2013-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916213200/http://health.discovery.com/tv-shows/curious-and-unusual-deaths-pictures.htm|title=Curious and Unusual Deaths Pictures|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=2024-08-07}}
* A number of performers have died of natural causes during public performances, including:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/tag/freakish-fatalities/|title=Freakish Fatalities Articles|website=]|access-date=2024-08-07}}
**]: Critic ] suffered a fatal heart attack during an on-air discussion about ].<ref></ref>
**]: ], actor, collapsed and died while in make-up between scenes of a ] play, ''Underground'', at the studios of ] in ]. Director ] continued the play to its conclusion, improvising around Jones's absence.
**]: ] ] collapsed on the stage of the ] of a major stroke during a performance of '']''. The last line he sang was "¿Morir? Tremenda cosa." ("To die? A tremendous thing.")
**]: ], an ] pioneer of ], died of a heart attack while being interviewed on '']''. When he appeared to fall asleep, Cavett quipped "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?".<ref>http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/onstage.htm</ref> The show was never broadcast.


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*]: ], founder of the ] distillery, died of ] six years after receiving a ] injury when he kicked his safe in anger at being unable to remember its combination code.<ref>Haig, Matt. ''Brand Royalty: how the world's top 100 brands thrive and survive'', p. 197. London: Kogan Page, 2004.</ref>
*]: ], ]n ], died of ] while trapped under ice. Although the details of his murder are disputed, he was allegedly placed in the water through a hole in the winter ice after having been poisoned, bludgeoned, castrated, and shot multiple times in the head, lung, and liver.
*]: Baseball player ] was killed when he was hit in the head by a pitch.
*]: ], ], suffered a ] during a ]. The horse, '']'', went on to finish first, making Hayes the only deceased jockey to win a race.
*]: ], 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. The spike was rusted and caused an infection which led to fatal blood poisoning. He was the subject of the ] film, '']''.
*]: ], a British racing driver, was decapitated by his car's drive chain which, under stress, snapped and whipped into the cockpit. He was attempting to break his own ] which he had set the previous year. Despite being killed in the attempt, he succeeded in setting a new record of 171 mph.<ref>Reynolds, Barbara. ''Dorothy L. Sayers: her life and soul'', p. 162. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.</ref>
*]: ], ], died of accidental ] and ] when her ] caught on the wheel of a ] in which she was a passenger.<ref></ref>
*]: ], a Russian physician, died following one of his experiments, in which the blood of a student suffering from ] and ], L. I. Koldomasov, was given to him in a transfusion.<ref>Bogdanov, Alexander (tr. & ed. Douglas W. Huestis). ''The Struggle for Viability: Collectivism Through Blood Exchange'', p. 7. Tinicum, PA: Xlibris Corporation, 2002.</ref>
*]: ], a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure and being struck by a car. Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on ] policies they had purchased.<ref>{{cite book |last=Read |first=Simon |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Bizarre Killing of Michael Malloy |year=2005 |publisher=Penguin Book Group |location= |id= }}</ref>
*]: Baseball player ] 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.
*]: ], ], swallowed a ] at a party and then died of ].<ref></ref>
*]: ], a ] B-24 bomber lost its way and crash landed in the ]. ] remains of its crew, who struggled for a week without water, were not found until ].
*]: Inventor and chemist ], accidentally strangled himself with the cord of a ]-operated mechanical bed of his own design.
*]: The ], extreme cases of ] were found dead in their home in New York. 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. His blind brother, Homer, who had depended on Langley for care, died of starvation some days later. Their bodies were recovered after massive efforts in removing many tons of debris from their home.
*]: In the ], over 100 Soviet ] 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. The events were filmed by automatic cameras.
*]: A flash fire began in the pure oxygen atmosphere during a training exercise inside the unlaunched ] spacecraft, killing Command Pilot ], Senior Pilot ], and Pilot ]. The door to the capsule was unable to be opened during the fire because of its specific design.
*] ] became the first person to die during a space mission after the parachute of his capsule failed to deploy.
*]: ], guitarist of ] was electrocuted on stage by a live microphone.
*]: ], an ] television ] committed ] during a live broadcast on ]. At 9:38 AM, 8 minutes into her talk show, on WXLT-TV in ], ], she drew out a ] and shot herself in the head.
*]: On 24 March 1975 ], a 50-year-old bricklayer from ] literally died laughing whilst watching an episode of '']''. According to his wife, who was a witness, Mitchell was unable to stop laughing whilst watching a sketch in the episode "]" in which ], dressed as a kilted Scotsman, used a set of ] to defend himself from a psychopathic ] in a demonstration of the Scottish martial art of "Hoots-Toot-ochaye." After twenty-five minutes of continuous laughter Mitchell finally slumped on the sofa and expired from heart failure.
*]: ], former singer for British ] band ], died while practicing his electric guitar, electrocuted because the guitar was not properly grounded.<ref>http://www.elvispelvis.com/electrocuted.htm</ref>
*]: ], a ] driver, and a 19-year-old track marshal ] both died at the ] 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]. Pryce was struck in the face by the marshal's ] and was killed instantly.<ref name="Tom Pryce death">{{cite book |last=Tremayne |first= David|authorlink=David Tremayne |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=The Lost Generation |origdate= |origyear= 2006 |origmonth=August|url= |format= |accessdate=2007-01-05 |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |date= |year= |month= |publisher= Haynes Publishing|location= |language=English |isbn=1-84425-205-1 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= |chapter=Chapter 19 - A Moment Of Desperate Sadness|chapterurl= |quote=}}</ref>
*]: ], a ] dissident, was assassinated by poisoning in ] by an unknown assailant who jabbed him in the calf with a specially modified ] that fired a metal pellet with a small cavity full of ] poison.
*]: ], a British medical photographer, died of ] 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. She is believed to be the last smallpox fatality in history.
*]: A 25-year-old Dutch woman studying in ], Renée Hartevelt, was killed and ] by a classmate, ], when he invited her to dinner for a literary conversation. The killer was declared unfit to stand trial and extradited back to ], where he was released from custody within fifteen months.
*]: ], a motion picture-director, died while shooting the TV miniseries '']'' when he walked into the tail-rotor blade of a helicopter and was mortally injured.
*]: ], ], was ] by a ] blade during filming of '']'', along with two child actors, ] and ].
*]: ], an ] ], died of ] nine days after his opponent's ] snapped during a match, pierced his eyeball and entered his ].
*]: A diver on the ] ] was violently dismembered and pulled through a narrowly opened hatch when the ] was accidentally opened, causing ].
*]: ], American playwright, died choking on a bottle cap. He was in a hotel but was too drunk to leave his room or make sufficient noise to attract attention.
*]: ], a professional ], died after a diving accident during ]. When he attempted a three-and-a-half reverse ] in the tuck position, he smashed his head on the board and was knocked unconscious. He died after being in a ] for a week.
*]: ], an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming. Whether he committed suicide or was simply unaware of the potentially deadly effects of the ] round was not determined.
*]: ], a ] ], committed ] during a televised ]. Facing a potential 55-year jail sentence for alleged involvement in a ], Dwyer shot himself in the mouth with a ].
*]: ], aged 32, an aspiring magician, decided to perform the "]" illusion in a plastic box covered with cement. The cement crushed the box and he died of asphyxia.<ref>, on a list of those who "died on stage."</ref>
*]: ], an American football coach, died a month after some of his players gave him a ] following a victory (as it is tradition in American Football). Some argue this resulted in ].
*]: ], son of Bruce Lee, was shot and killed by a prop ] gun while filming the movie '']''. The scene involved the firing of a full-powder blank (full charge of gunpowder, but no bullet) at Brandon's character. Unknown to the film crew/firearms technician, a bullet was already lodged in the barrel.
*]: ], an internet entrepreneur from Maryland who allegedly solicited a man via the Internet to torture and kill her for the purpose of sexual gratification. Her killer, Robert Fredrick Glass, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the homicide.
*]: ] were stranded while ] with a group of divers off ]'s ]. The group's boat accidentally abandoned them due to an incorrect head count taken by the dive boat crew. The couple was left to fend for themselves in ]-infested waters. Their bodies were never recovered. The incident is described in the film '']''.
*]: ], a professional wrestler for ] died during a PPV event when performing a stunt. It was planned to have Owen come down from the rafters of the ] on a safety harness tied to a rope to make his ring entrance. The safety latch was released and Owen dropped 78 feet to the ground. The PPV continued even after he was pronounced dead.

===21st century===
*]: Bernd-Jürgen Brandes was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and then eaten by ]. Before the killing, both men dined on Brandes' severed penis. Brandes had answered an internet advertisement by Meiwes looking for someone for this purpose. Brandes explicitly stated in his will that he wished to be killed and eaten. This is referred to in the song "Mein Teil" by German ] band ].<ref>, ''BBC News'', May 9, 2006</ref>
*]: ], a ] man, was killed by a ] which was fastened around his neck. He was apprehended by the ] after robbing a ], 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 bomb later exploded, killing him.
*]: ] died of a ] while engaged in an ], as shown on his ].
*]: ], an ] ] who had lived in the wilderness among bears for thirteen summers in a remote region in ], was killed and partially consumed by bears, along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard. The incident is described in ]'s ] '']''.<ref>Medred, Craig.''''. '']''. October 8, 2003. Retrieved September 4, 2006.</ref>
*]: ] of ] died of acute ] after submitting to anal intercourse with a stallion in the town of ]. Pinyan had done this before, and he delayed his visit to the hospital for several hours out of reluctance for official cognizance. The case led to the criminalization of ] in ].<ref>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002569751_horsesex19m.html</ref> His story was recounted in the ] documentary film '']''.
*]: 28-year-old ] video game addict ] collapsed in an Internet cafe after playing ] and ] for almost 50 consecutive hours.<ref>, ''Times Online'', August 10, 2005</ref>
*]: ], a television personality and naturalist known as ], died when his heart was impaled by a ] barb while filming in ]'s ].<ref>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20355064-30417,00.html</ref>
*]: ], a former ] operative and Russian expatriate who had been investigating the murder of Russian journalist ], was ] by ], an extremely rare radioactive ].<ref></ref>
*]: ], a 5'3" Florida woman, fell behind a 6' tall bookcase in her family's home and suffocated. She was not discovered for 11 days; her family thought she had been kidnapped.<ref></ref>
*]: ], a 28-year-old woman from ], died of ] while trying to win a ] ] in a ] 107.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating.<ref>, ''The Los Angeles Times'', January 14, 2007</ref>

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These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.

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  1. Hoff, Ursula (1937). "Meditation in Solitude". Journal of the Warburg Institute. 1 (44): 292–294. doi:10.2307/749994. ISSN 0959-2024. JSTOR 749994. S2CID 192234608.

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