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List Of Unusual DeathsThis is a list of unusual deaths. - Aeschylus, Greek dramatist, according to tradition, died in 456 BC when a vulture, mistaking his bald head for a stone, dropped a tortoise on it.
- Sherwood Anderson, writer, in 1941, swallowed a toothpick at a party and then died of peritonitis.
- Attila the Hun, in 453, suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death on his wedding night.
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, died in 1626 because he purchased a chicken to see if snow can preserve meat, but, during the endeavour of stuffing it with snow, contracted a fatal case of pneumonia.
- Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, in 1601, died several days after his bladder burst during a banquet.
- Sergei Chalibashvili, a professional diver, died after a diving accident during 1983 World University Games. 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. He died after being in a coma for a week.
- Christine Chubbuck, an American television news reporter committed suicide during a live broadcast on July 15th, 1974. 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.
- Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, in 1911, died of blood poisoning, due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code.
- Jane Dornacker, a musician, actress and comedienne turned radio station traffic reporter, died in 1986 after a traffic helicopter owned by New York's WNBC 660AM crashed into the Hudson River The fatal crash occurred as Dornacker was delivering a traffic report, and was broadcast live on air to millions of listeners.
- Isadora Duncan, actress, in 1927, died of accidental strangulation and broken neck when her scarf caught on the wheel of a car in which she was a passenger.
- R. Budd Dwyer, a Republican politician, committed suicide during a televised press conference. Facing a potential 55-year jail sentence for alleged involvement in a conspiracy, Dwyer shot himself in the head with a revolver.
- Franois Faber, Luxembourgean Tour de France winner, in 1915, while in a trench on the western front of World War I. He received a telegram saying his wife had given birth to a daughter. He cheered, giving away his position, and was immediately shot by a German sniper.
- Alexander Hamilton, an American politician, statesman, journalist, and lawyer was shot to death in a duel by then-US Vice President Aaron Burr in 1804.
- Owen Hart, WWF wrestler, in 1999, died when he fell 78 feet while being lowered into the ring by a cable from the stadium rafters before an upcoming match, snapping his neck.
- William Henry Harrison, ninth (1841) President of the United States, gave the longest inaugural address in the history of the United States in heavy snow and caught a cold. It developed into pneumonia and killed him in a month.
- Frank Hayes, jockey, in 1923, suffered a heart attack during a horse race. The horse, Sweet Kiss, went on to finish first, making Hayes the only deceased jockey to win a race.
- John-Erik Hexum, an American television actor, died in 1984 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 blank round was not determined.
- Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec ruler, in 1063, had himself sacrificed.
- Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer, in 1687, died of a gangrenous abscess after piercing his foot with a staff while he was vigorously conducting a Te Deum.
- Michael Malloy, a homeless man, in 1933, 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 life insurance policies they'd purchased.
- Vic Morrow, actor, in 1982, was decapitated by helicopter blade during filming of .
- Allan Pinkerton, detective, in 1884, died of gangrene resulting from having bitten his tongue after stumbling on the sidewalk.
- Pope John XXI, in 1277, was killed in the collapse of his scientific laboratory.
- Tom Pryce, a Formula One driver, and a 19-year-old track marshal both died at the 1977 South African Grand Prix after the marshal 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 fire extinguisher and killed instantly.
- Jerome Irving Rodale, an American pioneer of organic farming, died of a heart attack while being interviewed on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971. When he appeared to fall asleep, Cavett quipped "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?".http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/onstage.htm The show was never broadcast.
- 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.
- Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic, in 1916, died of hypothermia while swimming to shore after having been poisoned, shot multiple times in the head and torso, bludgeoned, mutilated (severed penis), wrapped in a sheet and dropped into the river Neva through a hole in the winter ice.
- Tennessee Williams, playwright, in 1983, choked to death on a plastic bottle cap.
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