Random Trivia

Famous people and unusual (or ironic) ways they have died:

Attila the Hun bled to death from a nosebleed on his wedding night.

Alexander I of Greece died from blood poisoning after being bitten by his gardener's pet monkey.

Sherwood Anderson, a writer, died after swallowing a toothpick at a cocktail party he died of peritonitis on an ocean liner bound for Brazil.

Sir Francis Bacon died of pneumonia. He was experimenting with freezing a chicken by stuffing it with snow.

Salvatore "Sonny" Bono died by crashing into a tree while skiing.

Anton Joseph Cermak, mayor of Chicago, was assassinated by accident when riding with Franklin Roosevelt in motorcade.

Raymond Johnson Chapman, of the Cleveland Indians, died one day after being struck in head by baseball pitch, becoming the only player ever killed as result of major league baseball game.

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, a stroke, while going to the bathroom.

Isadora Duncan, an actress/dancer, was accidental strangulation when her scarf caught in car wheel.

Marty Feldman found dead in motel room in Mexico. Death from heart failure, either from climate change or from shellfish poisoning.

Michael Findlay, a horror film maker, decapitated by helicopter blade.

Jim Fixx, who made jogging popular, died of a heart attack . . . while jogging.

John Glasscock, musician otherwise known as Jethro Tull, heart infection caused by an abscessed tooth.

and my personal favorite....

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . ." Last words of General John Sedgwick, Union Commander killed in battle during US Civil War.