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This is a '''list of unusual deaths''' – unique causes or extremely rare circumstances – recorded throughout history. The list also includes less rare, but still unusual, deaths of prominent persons.
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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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* c. ] According to ], ] was a corrupt judge under ]. He accepted a bribe and delivered an unjust verdict. As a result, the king had him arrested and flayed alive. His skin was then used to cover the seat in which his son would sit in judgment.
* ] The poet and grammarian ] reportedly wasted away and died of insomnia 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>
*]: ], Greek ] ], is believed to have ] after watching his drunken ] attempt to eat figs.<ref>''ibid.'', p. 27.</ref>
*]: ], ] ], according to ]'s ''],'' was executed by assassins out to receive a bounty on the weight of his head in gold. One of the co-conspirators in his murder, ], then decapitated Gaius, scooped the brains out of his severed head, and filled the cavity of his skull with molten lead. Once the lead hardened, the head was taken to the ] and weighed in on the scale at over seventeen pounds. Septimuleius was paid in full.<ref>Plutarch. ''''. (] A.C.E.). Retrieved on September 4, 2006.</ref>
*]: Roman general Clevarius Cyanima was killed after his ] collapsed during a raid on a hostile ]n city. Surviving the initial collapse, Clevarius lay injured for several minutes in the twisted wreckage of his engine, only to be crushed under the stampeding feet of his retreating army.{{cn}}
*]: ] allegedly committed suicide with an ] snake bite to the ].
*]: ] the ] is said to have been flayed alive and then crucified with his head upside down.
*]: Roman emperor ], after being defeated in battle and captured by the ], was used as a footstool by their king ]. After a long period of treatment and humiliation of this sort, he offered Shapur a huge ransom for his release. In reply, Shapur had molten gold poured down his throat. He then had the unfortunate Valerian skinned and his skin stuffed with straw and preserved as a trophy in the main Persian 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.{{cn}}
*]: On his wedding night, ] is said to have suffered a severe ] while passed out drunk; he subsequently choked to death.{{cn}}


==Unusual deaths==
== ] ==
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*]: ] of the ] was killed in the baths called Daphne by a chamberlain, Andreas, who broke a marble soapdish over his head.<ref>Oman, Charles William Chadwick. ''The Dark Ages, 476-918'', pp. 245-6. London: Rivingtons, 1903.</ref>
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*]: ], who had conquered much of northern ], defeated and killed ], but died soon after, as, having strapped Maelbrigte's head to his saddle as a sign of triumph, he had his leg scraped by his dead foe's teeth &mdash; a wound which gave Sigurd ] and ].
*]: ], the top chieftain leading Hungarian tribes towards the ], was executed in a ''horse sacrifice'' on the border, and not allowed to enter the haven for ritual reasons&mdash;, but in full accordance with the nomadic customs that called for a chieftain to be sacrificed if the tribe suffered any large-scale defeats (in this case the ] invasion).<!-- Very confusing entry. -->
*]: ] was rumoured to have been stabbed in the gut or bowels whilst he was performing his ]s.<ref>] (tr. Thomas Forester). ''The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon'', p. 196. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853.</ref>
*]: King ] I of ] died when his tall wooden ] collapsed due to ].{{cn}}
*]: King ] died of food poisoning from eating "a surfeit of ]".<ref>Thompson, C. J. S. ''Mysteries of History with Accounts of Some Remarkable Characters and Charlatans'', pp. 17 ''ff.'' Kila, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2004.</ref>
*]: ], ], drowned in the ] en route to the ]. It is believed that he suffered a ] from the shock of the cold water while he was drinking it. Weighed down by his armour, he drowned in water that was barely hip-deep.<ref>Heer, Friedrich. ''The Holy Roman Empire'', p. 72. London: Phoenix Press, 2003.</ref>
*]: ] was killed in the collapse of his ] ].<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>
*]: ], 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>
*]: ], ] reportedly drowned in a barrel of ]. (This is portrayed in Shakespeare's ''Richard III''&mdash;but actually the phrase "Drowned in a butt of Malmsey" at the time meant dying from too much to drink.)<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>


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== ] ==
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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.{{cn}}
* ]
*]: ] of Hungary drowned in a stream under the weight of his own ] while fleeing the ]s after the lost ].
* ]
*]: ] (Vlad the Drowned), Prince of ], got severely drunk and rode his horse into the waters of the ].{{cn}}
* ]
*]: ], a dreaded ], was captured by Native Americans and supposedly executed by pouring molten gold down his throat to satisfy his thirst for treasures.{{cn}}
* ]
*]: ] 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.
* ]
*]: ], ] ], was once thought to have died of a ruptured ] after refusing to leave for the bathroom during a banquet for the sake of good manners. However, newer research suggests that he died of mercury poisoning.{{cn}}
* ]
*]: ], ] ], ], and ], died of possible ] after purchasing a ] and stuffing it with snow to see if cold could preserve ]. Pond Square in Highgate, London is reputedly haunted by the chicken's ghost.{{cn}}
*]: ], 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.{{cn}}
*]: ], ], died of a ] ] after piercing his foot with a staff while he was vigorously conducting a '']''.{{cn}}
*]: ], composer, died of a chill after returning late from the theatre one night and finding that his wife had locked him out. It is also possible that he died of ].
*]: Professor ], of ], ], was struck and killed by a globe of ] while observing a storm. {{cn}}
*] or ]: ], double bass player and composer, died of ] while with a prostitute.{{cn}}
*]: ], Prince of Wallachia, was arrested by a '']'' and a ], and immediately executed by being strangled, shot, stabbed, and decapitated in quick succession.{{cn}}


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== ] ==
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===19th century===
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>
*]: ], ] ], who fell in a pit trap, was crushed by a bull that fell in the same pit.{{cn}}
File:Barbarossa smrt.jpg|alt=|]'s strange drowning gave rise to legends that he was still alive
*]: ], ninth ], gave the longest inaugural address in the ] on a particularly cold March day and subsequently caught a cold. He wore no coat, to display his virility. The cold developed into ] and killed him in a month. <ref></ref>
File:Flying tailor.png|alt=|], known as the "Flying Tailor", prior to his death testing an early ]
*]: ] ] ] and the ] ] along with several other dignitaries were killed when the ''Peacemaker'', a new experimental breech-loading 12-inch naval cannon on board the ], exploded while firing a salute. The ''Princeton's'' captain, the press and the public blamed the great naval engineer ], who had to flee to Europe even though the faulty cannon was a product of one of his rivals.{{cn}}
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*]: ], a Texan pioneer, was ] by ] in ] but survived, leaving his skull exposed. He lived 11 years until fatally striking his head against a low beam in his ].{{cn}}
*]: ], famous American ] and ], was found on ] ], at a ] ] in a state of delirium and wearing clothes he didn't own. He died in a ] hospital early the next morning, his last words being "Lord, help my poor soul." While the official cause of death was listed as "congestion of the brain", the actual cause for his death has been a matter of debate ever since. The current prevailing theory is that he was a victim of ].{{cn}}
*]: ], twelfth ], following ceremonies on an exceptionally hot ], had eaten a large quantity of ] and ]. He then fell ill with acute ] and died five days later, after only 16 months in office. This led to speculation he might have been poisoned which in turn led to his body being ] in 1991 (the medical examination showed he was not poisoned).{{cn}}
*]: ], Union general in the ], was killed by a distant Confederate sniper at the ]. Among his last words to his men were "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!", often falsely reported as "at this dist--"{{cn}}
*]: ] was accidentally killed by his own invention, the web ].{{cn}}
*]: ], ] and designer of bridges, died of ] sixteen days after his foot was crushed by a ] while overseeing the initial construction of the ] in the ].{{cn}}
*]: ], ], died of ] resulting from having bitten his ] after stumbling on the ].{{cn}}
*]: ], composer and pianist, supposedly died when a bookcase collapsed on him when he was reaching for a copy of the ] from the top shelf (though the factuality of this event is disputed).
*]: Russian Composer ] apparently committed suicide after being exposed in a homosexuality scandal. The means of his death is in dispute as to whether he took ] or drank ]-infected water.{{cn}}
*]: Austrian empress ] was assassinated by a needlefile-wielding anarchist while boarding a ship. It is reported that she walked some dozen steps after being stabbed, her tight-fitting corset slowing down the internal bleeding.{{cn}}
*]: French president ] dies of a stroke while being fellated in his office.


===20th century=== == See also ==
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*]: ], founder of the famous ] 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 and shot multiple times in the head, lung, and liver.
* ]
*] : Baseball player ] is killed when he is hit in the head by a pitch. He remains the only Major League Baseball player to date to have been killed in a game.
* ]
*]: ], a British racing driver, was decapitated by his car's drive chain which, under duress, 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.
* ]
*]: ], 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'd 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.
* ''Stupid Deaths'', a recurring segment in the ] of '']''
*]: ], the ] revolutionary leader in ], was assassinated with an ] in his ] home. His killer, Spanish-born Soviet agent ], acquired the ice axe in Trotsky's own office after being invited in. After receiving a brutal blow to the head, Trotsky fought and literally took a bite out of his murderer.
* ]
*]: ], ], swallowed a ] at a party and then died of ]. {{cn}}
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*]: ], 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 ].
*]: Critic ] suffered a fatal heart attack during a discussion on ]. Listeners to the broadcast noticed that Woollcott, known for his wit, seemed strangely silent during much of it. {{cn}}
*]: Inventor and chemist ], accidentally strangled himself with the cord of a ]-operated mechanical bed of his own design.
*]: After surviving the ], composer ] was shot by a drunk American ] on the ] of his son-in-law's house in Mittersill, ], when he had stepped outside to smoke his after-dinner ]. {{cn}}
*]: The ], extreme cases of ] are 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.
*]: ], ], suffered a ] during a ]. The horse, '']'', went on to finish first, making Hayes the only deceased jockey to win a race.
*]: ], 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.
*]: Famed ] ] 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.")
*]: In the ], over 100 Soviet ] technicians and officials died when a switch was turned on unintentionally igniting the rocket. Red Army Marshal Nedelin was seated just 40 meters away overseeing launch preparations.
*]: A flash fire began in the pure oxygen atmosphere inside the unlaunched ] spacecraft, killing its crew during a training exercise.
*] ] became the first person to die during a space mission after the parachute of his capsule failed to deploy.
*]: ], the serving ], vanished while swimming on a beach near ]. His body was never found.
*]: ], ] ], ], was accidentally electrocuted while taking a bath.
*]: ], 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.
*]: ], guitarist of ] was electrocuted on stage by a live microphone.
*]: ], finance minister of ] fell into a ] on a visit to a steelworks factory at ].
*]: ], 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.
*]: ], cartoonist, died while performing an act of ].
*]: ], guitarist for ], died while practicing his electric guitar, he was electrocuted due to the fact that the guitar was not properly grounded <ref>http://www.elvispelvis.com/electrocuted.htm</ref>.
*]: ], the ] pilot who was shot down over the ] in 1960, died as the result of a helicopter crash in ], ], while flying as a TV station traffic reporter.
*]: ], 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 and was struck by Pryce's car. Pryce was hit in the face by the marshal's ] and was killed instantly.
*]: ], 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 French pop singer, was accidentally electrocuted when he tried to fix a broken light bulb while standing in a filled bathtub.
*]: ], an ABC News correspondent, and his interpreter were executed by a Nicaraguan National Guardsman during a checkpoint stop. The incident was captured on tape.
*]: A 19-year-old man named Jeff Bailey died of a heart attack after scoring 16,660 on the ] ]. This was the first known instance of a ]-related death.
*]: 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 '']'' and was killed instantly, along with two child actors, ] and ].
*]: ], Chairman of ], was found ] under ] in ] by a postman. His pockets were stuffed with stones and cash.
*]: ], an ] ], died of ] nine days after his opponent's ] snapped during a match, pierced his eyeball and entered his ].
*]:], American playwright, died choking on a bottle cap.
*]: ], 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.
*]: ], British television magician, died on stage of a heart attack at ] during a live television routine. Most of the audience and viewers believed it was part of his act.
*]: ], an American television actor, died after he shot himself in the head with a prop gun during a break in filming. Whether he deliberately committed suicide or was simply unaware of the potentially deadly effects of the ] round was not determined.
*]: ], daredevil, was fatally wounded attempting to recreate his successful 1984 plunge over ]. Soucek staged a fundraising stunt in the ], the crux of which was having him, in his capsule, dropped 180 ft. into a tank of water. The falling capsule hit the rim of the tank causing the injuries from which he would die the next day.
*]: ], a musician, actress and comedienne turned radio station traffic reporter, died after a helicopter owned by ]'s ] in which she was a passenger crashed into the ]. The fatal crash occurred as Dornacker was delivering a traffic report, and was broadcast live on air. Her final words to the helicopter pilot Bill Pate, who survived, "Hit the water! Hit the water! Hit the water!", were heard by listeners.
*]: ], aged 63, an actor and comedian, died onstage on ], during a ] about the ] in ]. Due to the nature of his act, audience members were at first unaware that he had suffered a massive ].
*]: ], 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 ].
*]: A ] teenager was killed by a crashing Soviet ] fighter jet, which escaped from ] on ] after the crew ejected over a false engine failure alarm.
*]: ], 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.
*]: ], an American football coach, died a month after some of his players dumped a Gatorade bucket on him following a victory (as it is tradition in American Football), resulting in ].
*]: ], an American TV actor and comedian, died during a rehearsal on the set of the ] sitcom '']'' from a heart attack. As a faked heart attack was a frequent gag used in Foxx's previous TV series, '']'', the rest of the cast thought he was joking around at first.
*]: ], the son of ], 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.
*]: ], UK journalist and conservative politician, died due to ]
*]: "The Engineer" ], chief ] bombmaker of ] was assassinated by way of a ] (Shabak) rigged ], which detonated when he answered a call.
*]: ] suffered a heart attack onstage at the New York Metropolitan Opera after delivering the line "Too bad you can only live so long" during a performance of '']''.
*]: ], an accomplished chemist and professor at ] died slowly of mercury poisoning over the course of one year after accidentally allowing "a drop or two" of the toxic chemical ] to fall onto her latex safety gloves.
*]: David Bailey, an ] man died when he was urinated on by a ] while attempting to retrieve a lost golf ball from a ditch. Bailey apparently startled the rat, causing it to dart up his pant leg and urinate on him. After the incident, Bailey's companions urged him to immediately shower, but Bailey refused stating that he had no bites or scratches. He died two weeks later from kidney failure brought on by an acute case of ]. <ref> ''''. '']''. Retrieved September 4, 2006.</ref>
*]: ] 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 '']''.
*]: ], World Wrestling Federation or WWF (now ] or WWE) ], died when he fell 78 feet while being lowered into the ] by a cable from the stadium rafters before a match onto a metal ring turnbuckle. He had been scheduled to win the ] that night.


===21st century=== === Lists ===
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*]: ] 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.
* ]
*]: ], ] ], enraged from a dispute over his marriage arrangements (and possibly intoxicated), reportedly went on a rampage at dinner and massacred nearly the entire Royal Family, including ]. In accordance with custom, Dipendra, in a coma due to wounds sustained either from palace guards or a botched suicide attempt, became king for three days before dying on ]. He was succeeded by ], ] survived the massacre.
* ]
*]: ], ]man, was killed by a time ] 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 then 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 portion of ], was killed and partially consumed by bears, as was his girlfriend Amie Huguenard. The incident is described in the ] '']''.<ref>Medred, Craig.''''. '']''. October 8, 2003. Retrieved September 4, 2006.</ref>
* ]
*]: ], a ], WA. man, died of acute ] after submitting to anal intercourse with a stallion in the town of ], WA. The man had done this before, but he delayed several hours to visit a hospital wishing to avoid official cognizance. The case led to the criminalization of ] in Washington.<ref>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002569751_horsesex19m.html</ref>
* ]
*]: 28-year-old Korean video game addict ] collapsed in an Internet cafe after playing ] and ] for almost 50 hours.
* ]
*]: ], 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>
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*]: ], a former ] spy investigating the murder of Russian journalist ], was ] by highly rare and radioactive ].<ref></ref>
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==References== == References ==
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== See also == == Further reading ==
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* {{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}}
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* {{cite book|first=Nick|last=Daws|title=Daft Deaths and Famous Last Words|publisher=Lagoon Books|date=2005|isbn=978-1-9047-9715-9}}
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* {{cite book|last=Dreher|first=Dale|title=Death by Misadventure: 210 Dumb Ways to Die|asin=B007JYWNV4|date=2012-03-12}}
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* {{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 ==
* {{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}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/tag/freakish-fatalities/|title=Freakish Fatalities Articles|website=]|access-date=2024-08-07}}


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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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Animal deaths

Due to the length of this list, it has been divided into the following sections:

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References

  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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