20 Most Awkward Ways People Have Died Throughout History. I Never Thought Of Dying Like That!

By Editorial Staff in Geeks and Gaming On 24th July 2015
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#1 Failed Overcoat Parachute – Franz Reichelt died when he tested his invention by jumping off of the Eiffel Tower. Needless to say, the overcoat parachute never caught on.

#2 On The Toilet – King Edmund II is thought by some to have been assassinated while sitting on the throne (not the royal one).

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#3 Stepped On Own Beard – What brought him fame in life would bring him fame in death. The man with The Longest Beard in the World, Hans Steininger, died of a broken neck after he stepped on his famous whiskers.

#4 Drank Too Much Carrot Juice – Health food advocate Basil Brown died from an overdose of Vitamin A after drinking ten gallons of carrot juice in ten days.

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#5 Bit Own Tongue – Allan Pinkerton died from an infection he got after biting his own tongue.

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#6 Smothered By Gifts – Draco died at the hands of adoring gifters.

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#7 Slipped On An Orange Peel – Dare Devil Bobby Leach survived a trip down Niagara Falls in a barrel, but died due to complications suffered after slipping on an orange peel.

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#8 Charged By Sheep – Betty Stobbs was killed by her own sheep when they knocked her motorcycle on top of her while she was trying to feed them.

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#9 Defended Client- Lawyer Clement Vallandigham accidentally shot himself in the head while trying to show the jury how his client’s alleged victim committed suicide.

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#10 Ate Self To Death – King Adolf Frederick of Sweden is known as the “King Who Ate Himself To Death,” because, well, he ate himself to death.

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#11 Choked On Bottle Cap – Tennessee Williams died after he choked on a bottle cap.

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#12 Hit By Giant Umbrella – Lori Matthews died when wind uprooted a giant umbrella from a nearby art installment.

#13 Laughed – Thomas Urquhart supposedly died laughing at the fact that Charles II had become King of England.

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#14 Caught In A Wheel – Isadora Duncan was ejected from a moving automobile when her scarf got caught on a wheel and pulled her out of the passenger window.

#15 Crushed By A Cactus – David Grundman died while out shooting cacti in the desert when a 26-foot-tall cactus fell on him.

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#16 Made A Joke – Comedian Dick Shawn died while acting out a joke that required him to lay face-down.

#17 Body Slammed – Professional wrestler Mal “King Kong” Kirk was killed by a body slam from Shirley “Big Daddy” Crabtree.

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#18 Crushed By Own Belongings – Hoarders Homer and Langley Collyer were found underneath all of the stuff they kept in their house.

#19 Cow Fell Through Roof – Joao Maria de Souza was sleeping when a cow fell through his roof and landed on him.

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#20 Hit With A Baseball – Ray Chapman died after being hit in the head with a baseball while he was batting.