List of the most unusual deaths. Strange and mystical deaths

In small, quiet towns where everyone knows everyone, news travels fast. It’s the same in Lena’s hometown - everyone knows everything instantly. For example, about a series of mysterious and terrible deaths of girls.

Lena was nervous. Since a wave of terrible and incomprehensible deaths swept through the city, the authorities imposed a curfew and recommended that girls not walk alone on the evening streets. She wouldn’t have gone, she would have stayed overnight at work as her partner. But her sick sister is waiting for her at home. It’s been three days since Lena’s twin Ira came down with a fever.

The girl heard footsteps behind her, and she froze, looking around in fear. My heart was pounding, skipping beats every now and then. She remembered that all the dead girls were twenty-three years old and they were all brown-haired. Well, there's nothing she can do about age, but tomorrow she'll be dyed brunette. Just for your own peace of mind.

The girl stopped at a fork. Which way to choose? The shorter one through the park, or the longer one that runs along a street filled with small, already closed shops? Both there and there it was dark and quiet. It was ten o'clock in the evening, twilight still reigned in the streets, but people were already hiding in their homes, behind closed doors. Finally deciding, she hurriedly ran through the park.

The deaths had been occurring for three months. No time system, no logic. They were united only by the age and hair color of the girls. And the fact that no one could say why they died and how. They were found in strange positions, with broken nails, with wide-open eyes full of horror and white hair. But they died differently. Some of them were declared dead from suffocation: as if they had been placed in a closed, airless room. Others died before they could suffocate from a heart attack.

Suddenly Lena stopped. She herself did not understand what made her do this. Breathing spasmodically, the girl looked around. A little to the side, under a tall tree, stood a figure. She had no arms, legs... Only a black robe against the background of a gray landscape. Lena wanted to run, but she seemed paralyzed with horror. "Who you are?" - The voice trembled, the words were almost unintelligible. Finally, the paralysis passed and the girl tried to run, but ran into some kind of obstacle. Feeling the invisible walls narrowing, Lena began to struggle in horror, scratching the smooth surface and breaking her nails. Her lips were begging for something, but she didn’t know what or who.

I wanted to live. But she understood that nothing could save her. That in just a few minutes her death will join the ranks of these strange and mysterious deaths. And from the realization of this, Lena froze. This is the end. The girl quietly sank to the ground, hugging her knees and closing her eyes. She remembered her sister and how much she loved her. But they were left completely alone in this world. And now Ira will have no one. Tears streamed down her cheeks and soaked into the thick fabric of her jeans. Remembering her sister's radiant smile, Lena smiled too. Ira has always been like the sun. But only a twin could make Lena laugh. The girl felt that air, like space, was getting smaller. She will not be afraid. She will think positive. “Sister, I love you so much. I will always be there. Everything will always be fine with you. I will not let anyone hurt you. Always. I will always be with you,” the girl whispered, smiling through her tears and taking her last breath.

In the morning, another dead girl was found in the park. But it was this death that made the most noise. Unlike the others, she sat calmly, clasping her legs with her arms and pressing her cheek to her knees. There was a barely perceptible smile on her lips, as if the girl was dreaming about something. The eyes were closed, and the hair retained its natural blond color.

What was even stranger was that when the police came to the girl’s home to inform her sister about her death, the twin, an exact copy of the deceased, already knew about everything. The girl opened the door with tears in her eyes and a smile on her lips. She answered all questions and condolences: “Lena has not gone anywhere. She will always be there. She will always be here,” and the girl pressed her thin palm to her heart.

Does death have a plan?

Death from exhaustion at the screen. All its unusualness lies in its surprise.

2005 year. A 28-year-old Korean video game fan collapsed to the floor and died in an Internet bar after playing for 50 hours non-stop.

From the claw of a lioness

2007 Oktay Makhmudov, 45, from Azerbaijan, climbed down a rope into a lion's cage at the Kiev Zoo and shouted to the numb visitors:

God will save me if he exists!

A few seconds later, the lioness jumped on him and severed his artery, killing the intruder instantly.

The unusual death of a little girl

2008 Seven-year-old Abigail Taylor died after her internal organs were partially sucked in by a powerful swimming pool pump, which she had the imprudence to sit on. Surgeons replaced her intestines and pancreas with donor organs. The baby died from cancer caused by one of the transplanted organs.

In 207 BC e. Greek philosopher Grisippus died laughing watching his drunken donkey try to eat figs.

121 BC, Gaius Gracchus, a Roman general, according to Plutarch, was killed for a reward of gold the weight of his head. One of the conspirators in his murder decapitated Guy, cleaned his skull of brains, and filled its cavity with molten lead. When the lead hardened, the head was taken to the Roman Senate and weighed. The murderer was rewarded with seventeen pounds of gold.

And you will die from the eagle and the turtle

458 BC Aeschylus was killed... by an eagle! He dropped a turtle on Aeschylus's head, confusing the playwright's bald head with a stone.

The coals are hotter!

42 BC Portia Cato, wife of Marcus Brutus, died after swallowing hot coals after learning of her husband's death.

1927 Isadora Duncan died of suffocation and a broken neck when her long scarf got caught in the wheel of the car she was riding in with the driver. He immediately noticed that Isadora’s body was dragging behind the car (the driving was terribly noisy then). The screams of the crowd helped the driver wake up, but it was too late. Duncan's heart stopped.

The Unusual and Unsightly Death of Herod

The death of his grandson Herod Agrippa in 44 was surprisingly similar: abdominal pain, worms. This happened shortly after he imprisoned the Apostle Peter.

Crucified upside down

64 - 67 years. The Apostle Peter was crucified on an inverted cross, upside down, because he considered himself unworthy to die like Christ.

Brutal death by shells

415 The world has too often been cruel to extraordinary women. The Greek mathematician and philosopher Hepatia was killed by a mob who skinned her alive with sharp shells. All that was left of the unfortunate woman was burned at the stake.

The king who drank himself to death

771 The King of Sweden, Adolf Fredrik, died of indigestion. He ate for dinner: crayfish, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring, drank a lot of champagne. He ate all this with his usual dessert of 14 servings of sweet pie with hot milk. In Sweden they still call him “the king who drank himself to death.”

Death of an explorer

1928 Doctor Alexander Bogdanov died after one of his experiments in which the blood of students suffering from malaria and tuberculosis was transfused to him.

1911 Jack Daniel, the founder of the Jack Daniel whiskey company, died of blood poisoning, six years after he injured his leg when he kicked it in anger over forgetting the combination to a safe.

1916 Grigory Rasputin drowned in a hole under the ice. Although the details of his murder are disputed, he was allegedly drowned in an ice hole after being poisoned with prussic acid, beaten, mutilated, and suffering several gunshot wounds to the head, lungs, and liver. Strange, but he died precisely because he suffocated under water.

1927 Parry-Thomas, an English racing driver, was decapitated by a chain that flew off his own car. He was trying to beat his own record from last year. Even though he was already dead, he still managed to set a new record of 171 miles per hour!

1943 Critic Alexander Woolcott died of a heart attack while discussing Adolf Hitler.

Sometimes it seems that death has its own plan, and if fate is such that you have to die, then so be it. We present to your attention a list of unusual deaths, from the time before our era to the present day...

458 BC Aeschylus was killed... by an eagle! He dropped a turtle on Aeschylus's head, confusing the playwright's bald head with a stone.

270 BC The poet Philetas (Philetas of Cos) died of insomnia while trying to derive Liard's paradox.

260 BC e. The Roman Emperor Valerian, after being defeated in battle, was captured by the Persians and then used as a stool at the feet of King Shapur I. After being humiliated for a long time in this way, he offered a huge ransom for his release. In response, Shapur poured molten gold down his throat. Then he skinned the unfortunate Valerian and stuffed his effigy with straw and dung, and placed it on display for everyone in the Persian temple. And only after the defeat of Persia in their last war with Rome, three and a half centuries later, his remains were buried...
207 BC e. The Greek philosopher Chrysippus died laughing while watching his drunken donkey try to eat a fig.

121 BC Gaius Gracchus, a Roman general, according to Plutarch, during the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, was killed for a reward of gold equal to the weight of his head. One of the conspirators in his murder, Septimuleius, beheaded Gaius, cleared his skull of brains and filled the cranial cavity with molten lead. Once the lead had hardened, the head was taken to the Roman Senate and weighed. Septimuleius received gold weighing seventeen pounds

42 BC e. Portia Cato, wife of Marcus Brutus, died after swallowing hot coals after learning of her husband's death.

4 BC King Herod fell ill with a fever, became covered in a rash, and suffered from inflammation of the abdominal cavity. Herod's genitals rotted. Before his death, convulsions became more frequent and Herod found it difficult to breathe. During his death throes, many worms swarmed in Herod’s body, as evidenced by the court doctors. The death of his grandson Herod Agrippa in 44 was surprisingly similar: abdominal pain, worms. This happened shortly after he put the Apostle Peter in prison.

64 – 67 years. The Apostle Peter was crucified on an inverted cross, upside down, because he considered himself unworthy to die like Christ.

668 Constans II of the Byzantine Empire was killed in a bath (Daphne baths) by a eunuch, Andreas. He smashed his head with a marble soap dish

771 The King of Sweden, Adolf Fredrik, died of indigestion. For lunch he ate crayfish, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring, and drank a lot of champagne. He ate all this with his usual dessert of 14 servings of sweet pie with hot milk. In Sweden they still call him “the king who drank himself to death.”

1277 Pope John XXI died in the collapsed building of his scientific laboratory.

1327 Edward II was executed after the defeat. A piece of hot iron was inserted into his anus.

1478 George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence was executed. He was drowned in a barrel of table wine.

1514 György Dózsa, the leader of a peasant uprising in Hungary, was roasted alive on a white-hot metal chair. His associates were forced to eat his meat.

1559 King Henry II of France was killed in a knight's duel when a spear, covered with a soft lattice of gold, pierced his eye, penetrated his brain.

1573: Matija Gubec, leader of the peasant uprising in the Kingdom of Croatia, was crowned with a crown of red-hot iron.

1671 François Vatel, Louis XIV's cook, committed suicide out of shame because he was late in receiving the fish ordered for the royal table. His body was discovered by his assistant, who was sent to report the arrival of the order.

1791 or 1793. Frantisek Kotzwara, bass guitarist and composer, died of suffocation while having sex with a prostitute.

1834 David Douglas, a Scottish botanist, fell into a pit trap with a bull chasing him. The bull gored him to death and most likely trampled him.

1850 Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President of the United States, ate too much ice cream after a ceremony on a particularly hot 4th of July day. He then suffered from indigestion and died five days later, after only 16 months in office. Many said that he might have been poisoned, but after his exhumation in 1991, doctors ruled that he was not poisoned.
1884 Allan Pinkerton, a detective, died of gangrene after biting his tongue while tripping on a sidewalk.

1899 French President Félix Faure died of a stroke while having a blow job in his office.

1911 Jack Daniel, the founder of Jack Daniel whiskey, died of blood poisoning, six years after he injured his leg when he kicked it in anger over forgetting the combination to a safe.

1916 Grigory Rasputin drowned in a hole under the ice. Although the details of his murder are disputed, he was allegedly drowned in an ice hole after being poisoned, beaten, castrated, and suffering multiple gunshot wounds to the head, lungs and liver. Strange, but he died precisely because he suffocated under water.

1927 Parry-Thomas (J.G. Parry-Thomas), an English racing driver, was decapitated by a chain that flew off his own car. He was trying to beat his own record from last year. Even though he was already dead, he still managed to set a new record of 171 miles per hour.

1927 Isadora Duncan died of suffocation and a broken neck when her long scarf got caught in the wheel of the car she was riding in with the driver. He did not immediately notice that Isadora’s body was dragging behind the car (the driving was terribly noisy then). The screams of the crowd helped the driver wake up, but it was too late. Duncan's heart stopped.

1928 Alexander Bogdanov, a Russian doctor, died after one of his experiments in which the blood of students suffering from malaria and tuberculosis was transfused to him.

1941 Sherwood Anderson, a writer, swallowed a toothpick at a party and then died from inflammation of the peritoneum.

1943 “Lady be Good”, a US Air Force bomber went off course and landed in the Libyan desert. The mummified remains of its crew, who survived a week without water, were found in 1960.

1943 Critic Alexander Woollcott died of a heart attack while discussing Adolf Hitler.

1944 Chemist and inventor Thomas Midgley, Jr., accidentally strangled himself in his own mechanical bed design.

1960 The famous baritone Leonard Warren died on stage in New York from a stroke while performing La forza del destino. His last words were: “Morir? Tremenda cosa.” (“To die? A great honor.”)

1978 Georgiy Markov, a Bulgarian dissident, was poisoned in London by an unknown person who shot him from an umbrella with a special small ball bullet full of poison - ricin.

1978 Claude François, a French pop singer, died from an electric shock when he tried to change a light bulb while standing in a full bathtub.

1981 A 25-year-old Dutch woman studying in Paris, Renee Hartevelt, was killed and eaten by a classmate, Issei Sagawa, after he invited her to lunch. The killer was sent back to Japan, after which he was released from custody.

1993 Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee was killed while filming The Crow. No one knew that instead of blank cartridges, there was only one real one in the pistol.

2003 Brandon Vedas died of a drug overdose in front of everyone. During an internet chat, his death was broadcast live on webcams.

2003 Timothy Treadwell, an American zoologist who lived alone in Alaska with bears for thirteen years, was eaten alive by one of the shaggy bears, apparently in a bad mood.

2005 year. 28-year-old Korean video game fan Lee Seung Seop fell and died in an Internet Cafe after playing Starcraft for 50 hours non-stop.

2006 Steve Irwin, a television star and outdoor enthusiast and intrepid crocodile hunter, accidentally died after being stabbed by a stingray's tail.

2006 Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB spy who was investigating the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, was poisoned with polonium-210, an extremely rare radioactive material.

2007 Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old Sacramento woman, died of water intoxication while trying to win a Nintendo Wii in a local radio station contest. At the competition, you had to drink the most water without going to the toilet.

2007 Oktay Makhmudov, 45, from Azerbaijan, climbed down a rope into a lion's cage at the Kiev Zoo and shouted to the numb visitors:

“God will save me, if he exists!”

A few seconds later, the lioness jumped on him and severed his artery, killing the intruder instantly.

It didn't sound like that. But it’s one thing to pass away into another world at a ripe old age, in your own home on a soft bed, and quite another thing to die the most terrible death in the prime of your life.

To begin with, we will tell you several stories telling about the most terrible and mystical cases of death in the world.

Two brothers

It’s not for nothing that they say that twins are connected by an invisible thread; they not only feel each other at a distance, but even experience the same feelings at the same moment in time.

Two seventeen-year-old twin brothers from Finland tragically died two hours apart under identical circumstances. They were both motorcyclists, and both were hit by trucks while crossing the same road, but at different kilometers.

Burnt out like a match

In the 90s, information began to appear about spontaneous human combustion. Several hundred cases were confirmation that this phenomenon actually exists.

For unknown reasons, people’s bodies ignited and continued to burn until the fire “ate” them completely.

One of the oldest deaths in the world chose, among others, the American Henry Thomas. He was watching TV, sitting in a chair, when the flames suddenly engulfed him. No things in the house, and, in fact, the house itself were damaged. But all that was left of Henry’s body was a skull and part of a leg in a shoe.

Killer animals

No, no, these animals are not predators at all. The point here is completely different.

An Italian farmer lay down to rest on the grass while hunting rabbits. The man put the gun next to him. One small rabbit running by touched the trigger. The gun fired straight at the farmer. He died on the spot.
A fisherman from South Korea gutted the fish he caught to put it up for sale. He raised the knife over the large fish, but it turned out to be alive and unexpectedly swung its tail, touching the knife. It fell out of the fisherman’s hands and hit him directly in the chest, leaving not even the slightest chance of salvation.

The reasons for these ridiculous and some of the most terrible cases of death are the banal carelessness of people.

Death in the Shadows

Two elderly Italians argued for a long time about which of them would take a place in the shade of a palm tree. The old man who won the argument did not even have time to properly enjoy his victory; the tree fell on him and crushed him to death.

Suicide

In the Vietnamese city of Hischim, 50 onlookers gathered on a small bridge to watch a young girl attempt suicide. The bridge could not bear the load and fell. 9 people died. A girl who tried to commit suicide was saved.
An equally tragic incident occurred in Prague. A woman who believed rumors about her husband’s infidelity decided to take her own life. She stepped from the balcony of her apartment on the 3rd floor and fell directly on the head of her husband, who was returning home. The man died, and his wife regained consciousness in the hospital.

Justice

A New York man, who was hit by a car but did not receive any injuries, decided to take advantage of the situation and lie under the car, pretending to be injured. As soon as he was under the car again, it moved and ran over the crook, crushing him to death.
A resident of Bonn wanted to rob the local Art Museum. Having caught the eye of the guards, he started to run. Turning the corner, I came across one of the exhibits called “Instrument of Justice.” The meter-long sword pierced through the failed thief.

The worst celebrity deaths

No one is safe from sudden departure to another world. Very often you hear about the death of your favorite star, especially if there are a lot of idols.

Maybe you have already heard about these most terrible deaths of people known throughout the world.

Bruce and Brandon Lee

The famous actor died right on the set. The official version is an allergy to the painkiller that Bruce was injected so that he could continue filming. However, some argue that Bruce Lee was dealt a fatal blow by a delayed action, which was owned by some representatives of the Chinese mafia (there was evidence that in his youth the actor had enemies from that environment). It is also surprising that the film on the set of which the actor died was called “Games of Death.”

Brandon Lee repeated the fate of his famous father and also died on the set, but under different circumstances. The actor starred in the movie "The Crow". In the final scene, his character is killed off. The take was filmed, but even after the director reported that the scene had been successfully filmed, Brandon continued to lie dead. The assistants who came to the rescue saw that the actor was actually bleeding. He died in the hospital 12 hours later.

Isadora Duncan and her children

The famous American dancer died in a very strange and ridiculous way. Shortly before her death, a strange woman came into her room in Vienna, where the dancer was on tour, and said that she had been sent by God to strangle Isadora. Later it turned out that this woman was mentally ill. However, God's plans were destined to come true. Isadora actually died from suffocation and a broken neck when her beloved long red scarf got caught on the axle of the car she was getting into. The car moved, the scarf got wrapped around the wheel, and Isadora died tragically.

14 years before her own death, Isadora lost two children. She went to Paris on business, and sent the children with a driver to Versailles, where she then lived with her family. On the way, the car stalled, the driver came out to see what was wrong, and the car rolled straight into the river. The babies could not be saved. The worst deaths in the world are the deaths of your own children. Isadora could not find peace until the end of her life.

Jack Daniel

American Jack Daniel, the creator of the famous Jack Daniel’s whiskey, died for a long time and painfully from sepsis. He received blood poisoning as a result of numerous kicks against a safe, the code for which he could not remember. By the way, it was his famous whiskey that was kept in the safe. If Jack did manage to open it, he could treat his finger with his own product and prevent it from getting infected. Alas and ah.

The worst deaths: top 8

A person does not always die under mystical or mysterious circumstances. We present to your attention the 8 most terrible causes of death, which, according to doctors, are the most painful:

Hunger. A person can live without food for about two months. However, after 10 days of fasting there is no strength left at all. The body begins to suck nutrients and energy from fat. The liver begins to function incorrectly, releasing toxic substances that eventually kill the person.
Shipwreck. During a shipwreck, a person faces not only the danger of drowning, starvation or hypothermia. Even if you manage to survive, loneliness in the middle of the ocean can drive you crazy. And the threat of shark attacks doesn’t leave you alone for a minute. Dehydration leads to painful death. Some, in the hope of salvation, begin to drink sea water, but it only increases the water deficit in the body, because salt draws out all the remaining fluid from organs and tissues.
Falling into a volcano. It is, of course, very difficult to get into the mouth of a volcano, however, if there are such daredevils, a painful and most terrible death awaits them. The top layer of lava is not so hot, but when immersed deeper into it, the human body will burn for several minutes.
Sacrifice. One of the most terrible deaths for people is death in the process of sacrifice. If several centuries ago this was the norm in some societies, then in today’s civilized countries this crime is committed only within the framework of sects, the very act of falling into which is already like death, because a person “falls out” of life and renounces everyone, including myself.
Plane crash. The worst deaths in the world are deaths in confined spaces. When the plane begins to fall, all passengers are overcome not only by a feeling of panic. The rapid approach of the aircraft to the ground leads to loss of consciousness for a couple of minutes due to lack of oxygen. When a person wakes up, the speed of the falling plane will be prohibitively high, and he will have no more than a few minutes to live...
Predator attack. Tigers and lions kill their prey immediately, so it does not have to suffer for long. But hyenas and jaguars eat prey while it is still alive, starting from the legs.
Frostbite. Low temperature has a very insidious effect on the human body. First, the muscles begin to tremble from lack of heat. Then, as a result of too active trembling, they rupture and the ability to move is lost. Attempts to crawl on the ground lead to nothing. The body temperature continues to fall, and faster than the internal organs freeze. The functioning of the brain is disrupted, the person is no longer able to understand whether he is alive or dead.
Shame.“Burn with shame,” everyone has heard this expression, but no one thought that one could actually “burn” from this feeling. High levels of anxiety and stress due to some action or event can lead to cardiac arrest. Prolonged soul-searching slowly develops into self-destruction and possible suicide.

I would like to think that the most terrible deaths in human history occurred only in times when the death penalty was not only the only method of justice, but was also carried out publicly. In fact, the insidious “old woman with a scythe” is lurking today at literally every step, and it is not yet a fact that life today is safer than several centuries ago. The worst thing about death is the unknown: no one knows at what moment it will creep up and what will happen after.

Naked facts

Most people pass into another world quite prosaically - from illness or old age, a few - tragically. But sometimes the “old woman with a scythe” mercilessly mocks a person, preparing for him a cruel and unusual death. The circumstances of the death of such people seem so incredible that they are difficult to believe. We present a chronological list of the most unusual deaths, ranging from 270 BC to the present day.
In 270 BC, while trying to solve the Liar paradox (this is the so-called liar paradox formulated by Eubulides), the poet Philetas died of insomnia.
In 207 BC. e. The philosopher Chrysippus, who lived in Greece, died of laughter while watching a drunken donkey try to eat figs. This is one of the most ridiculous deaths in history.
In 121 BC. For the murder of the Roman commander Gaius Gracchus, a reward was promised in gold, the weight of which should be equal to the weight of Gaius's head. According to Plutarch, one of the participants in the murder, Septimuleius, beheaded Gracchus, removed the brains from his skull and filled the cavity with molten lead. The head was presented to the Roman Senate and weighed. The murderers received seventeen pounds of gold.
In 260, the Roman emperor Valerian was defeated in battle with the Persians and was captured. The Persian king Shapur used him as a stool, and then, in response to a request for release for a ransom, poured molten gold down his throat. But this was not enough for the king. He skinned Valerian and made a stuffed animal, filling it with straw and dung. And only three and a half centuries later, Valerian’s remains were buried.
In 668, the Roman Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Constants II, was killed in a bath by a eunuch, Andreas. According to Theophanes the Confessor, the eunuch serving the emperor while washing hit him on the head with a marble soap dish, the stunned Constant fell into the water and choked.
In 1277, Pope John XXI, famous for his learning, was mortally wounded by the collapse of the roof of his own scientific laboratory.
In 1327, Edward II, the first heir to the English throne, suffered one of the cruelest and most unusual deaths. Overthrown from the throne with the help of his own wife Isabella, the king was executed in a sophisticated way - a hot iron was stuck into his anus.
In 1478, the Duke of Clarence, George Plantagenet, was executed in an unusual manner. He was drowned in a barrel of table wine, and according to legend, the Duke chose this death himself. The volume of the barrel in which malvasia was usually stored was 477.3 liters - quite enough to drown.
In 1514, one of the most martyrdoms was suffered by Gyorgy Dozsa, the leader of the peasant uprising in Hungary. He was seated on a white-hot throne, and his associates were forced to eat his meat.
In 1559, the French king Henry II, participating in a knight's duel to celebrate his daughter's wedding, was killed. His visor, which had a soft golden lattice, pierced the enemy’s spear, which hit him right in the eye and struck the brain.
In 1573, in the Kingdom of Croatia, after the defeat of the peasant uprising, its leader Matja Hubek was captured and brutally executed. They put a crown of hot iron on his head and then quartered him.
In 1671, Louis XIV's cook, whose name was François Vatel, committed suicide. He could not bear the shame of not receiving the fish ordered for the king's table on time. The body of the unfortunate cook was discovered when his assistant came to inform him that the order had been delivered. Vatel's name became a symbol of the chef's professional honor.
In 1791 or 1793, composer and guitarist František Kotzvara died of suffocation after having too much sex with a prostitute. It was not only the most unusual death, but also the most unenviable - it is difficult to instill in yourself a respectful attitude towards such a deceased.
In 1834, Scottish botanist David Douglas, who was studying plants, died from an animal. He fell into a pit trap, where the bull pursuing him fell after him. The animal, naturally, attacked the man, and Douglas died from the horns of the bull.
In 1850, the President of the United States of America, Zachary Taylor, died from eating too much ice cream after an Independence Day ceremony on a very hot day. The President fell ill with indigestion and died five days later. The version of poisoning was not confirmed - in 1991, Taylor’s body was exhumed and doctors did not find any poison in it.
In 1884, the famous detective Allan Pinkerton, the prototype of the famous literary hero Nat Pinkerton, the “King of Detectives,” died of gangrene. He bit his tongue when he tripped on the sidewalk while walking. Antiseptics were not known in those days, and a simple wound became the cause of death.
In 1899, the French President of France, Felix Faure, died in his office from a stroke that happened to him while a 30-year-old beauty was giving him a blowjob. Truly, you need to know moderation in everything!
In 1911, Jack Daniel, the founder of the Jack Daniel whiskey brand, died of blood poisoning. This death was listed as unusual due to the fact that sepsis was caused by an injury six years ago - once Daniel could not remember the code combination for his safe and kicked an iron cabinet in anger.
In 1916, Grigory Rasputin, considered a prophet and healer and a friend of the family of Emperor Nicholas II, died. It was truly the most unusual death: Rasputin was poisoned with potassium cyanide, shot point-blank, and then thrown into an ice hole. And although the details of the murder are still controversial, it is believed that he died from suffocation underwater.
In 1927, English racing driver Parry Thomas died while trying to break his own record. He was decapitated by a chain that flew off his own car. Thomas managed to set a new record posthumously - the car with the already dead driver reached a speed of 171 miles per hour.
In 1927, the famous dancer Isadora Duncan suffered a fractured cervical vertebrae and died of suffocation. While she was driving in a car, her scarf accidentally hit the car wheel and spun around it, instantly squeezing the woman’s neck.
In 1928, the Russian doctor Alexander Bogdanov, the organizer and director of the world's first Institute of Blood Transfusion, working with the pathogens of malaria and tuberculosis, died after an experiment performed on himself - he was transfused with contaminated blood. The life and death of the great Russian scientist and thinker is an example of service to science.
In 1941, American writer Sherwood Anderson, while traveling with his wife to South America, accidentally swallowed a toothpick at a party. The developed peritonitis led to death - it was not possible to carry out a complex surgical operation on the ship.
In 1943, the American military bomber Lady be Good went off course and made an emergency landing in the Libyan desert. The crew members died of dehydration, and their mummified remains were found in 1960.
In 1943, critic Alexander Woolcott died of a heart attack while discussing Adolf Hitler too temperamentally.
In 1944, the most unusual death befell the inventor Thomas Midgley - he invented a mechanical bed of a special design, and accidentally strangled himself in this bed. In such cases they say “death is the quintessence of life.”
In 1960, while performing an aria from Verdi's opera, famous singer Leonard Warren died of a stroke on stage. Amazingly, his last words were words from the opera with the title “Force of Destiny”, so symbolic for the singer: “Die? Great honor!"
In 1981, 25-year-old Renee Hartevelt, studying in Paris, was invited to lunch by fellow Japanese student Issei Sagawa. As it turned out, as a dish, the man killed her and ate her. The killer was sent to Japan, and there he was safely released from custody.
In 1993, Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee died during the filming of The Crow. In the pistol, from which, according to the plot, the hero was supposed to be shot, there was one live cartridge among the blank cartridges.
In 2003, 21-year-old American Brandon Vedas died of a drug overdose while participating in a virtual marathon organized by fellow drug addicts. The webcam broadcast the process of taking drugs and their effect, and thousands of people also saw the death of the guy live.
In 2003, American zoologist Timothy Treadwell died after living in Alaska for thirteen years alone with bears. One day, for some reason, the friendship between man and wild animals was broken, and Treadwell suffered the most terrible and unusual death - he was eaten alive by one of these predatory animals.
In 2006, Alexander Litvinenko, a KGB officer who was investigating the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, was poisoned. The poison was an extremely rare radioactive element - polonium-210.
In 2007, 28-year-old Jennifer Strange died from water intoxication. She took part in a competition in which the prize was a Nintendo Wii game console. According to the terms of the competition, you had to drink the most water, but you were not allowed to go to the toilet.
Tatiana Kondratyuk, Samogo.Net
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