All of them life path shrouded in mysteries, many of which have not been solved to this day. But their death is no less mysterious... WuzzUp presents to your attention 15 stars who died under mysterious circumstances.
15. Michael Jackson
The death of Michael Jackson was discussed very widely, and the striking details of what happened did not escape the attention of the public. Jackson was found dead on June 25, 2009 by his attending physician, Conrad Murray, who stated that the singer was not breathing and was unresponsive to attempts at resuscitation. An ambulance was called and Jackson was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was officially pronounced dead. There are many strange circumstances in the case: it was discovered in the singer’s blood lethal dose propofol and a sedative - benzodiazepine. This caused widespread outrage, since Jackson's medications were provided by Murray, the same attending physician. It is still unclear why the singer took these medications in such large doses; Conspiracy theories speak of both murder and suicide by third party. Be that as it may, although the death was most likely accidental, Murray spent two years in prison for manslaughter.
14. Jim Morrison
Doors frontman Jim Morrison was found dead in the bathtub of his Paris apartment on the morning of July 3, 1971; he was 27 years old. The mysterious rumors surrounding Morrison's death are fueled by the fact that, strangely, no one performed an autopsy. Morrison's girlfriend Pamela Courson claimed that Morrison died of a fatal heroin overdose; she believed it was a fatal accident and that Jim had confused heroin with cocaine. However, although the official cause of death was a heart attack, we do not know the exact cause, because... There was no autopsy and the body remained in the apartment with Courson until he was buried three days later in the Père Lachaise cemetery. There is also something strangely unpleasant about the fact that Courson lied to the US Embassy, claiming that Morrison had no close relatives, in order to speed up the burial. They say there wasn't even a priest at the funeral. Well, the last fact is like icing on the cake: no one knows the name of the doctor who examined Morrison's death, because... Kurson claims he can't remember his name.
13. Bruce Lee
Brice Lee first felt seriously ill on May 10, 1973, while filming Enter the Dragon. He was rushed to hospital as he suffered from severe headaches and seizures. Doctors diagnosed cerebral edema, treatment was successful and Bruce was able to return to work. Unfortunately, a little over a month later, on July 20, Lee developed another headache. He complained about this to his co-star, Betty Ting Pei, and she gave him a headache pill called Equajestic; the tablet contained aspirin and the tranquilizer meprobamate. Later, Lee lay down to rest, but no matter how much they woke him up, he never woke up. When Bruce Lee died, all the media discussed this tragic event, there was no end to rumors and speculation. One theory is that this was revenge against a secret criminal organization called the Triad. They supposedly cursed Bruce Lee. Officially, it was a “death due to negligence”: the drug included in the pill was not compatible with Lee’s disease, and caused a fatal reaction.
12. Brittany Murphy
Investigation tragic death Brittany Murphy definitely left behind more questions than answers. Murphy passed out in the bathroom of her Los Angeles home on the morning of December 20, 2009. She was immediately taken to the nearest hospital, but doctors could only declare her death after suffering a heart attack. Murphy was only 32 years old. At first, her death was explained only by an unfortunate combination of circumstances - pneumonia and taking medications against the background of anemia, which in this combination led to fatal outcome. However, conspiracy theories later emerged, largely centered on the fact that her husband, Simon Monjack, died just five months after Brittany, and with very similar symptoms. In 2013, Brittany Murphy's father initiated independent testing on Murphy's hair, blood and tissue samples, and the study found high level 10 heavy metals. Perhaps there is something fishy here and it was poisoning.
11. Jimi Hendrix
Rock icon Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970; he was only 27 years old. They say he died in his sleep in the apartment of his friend Monica Danneman, choking on vomit after taking 18 times the recommended dose of barbiturates and washing it all down with red wine. And although there is evidence that Hendrix looked and felt ill in his last days, many still believe that something in this whole story does not add up. For example, there is a discrepancy: Danneman claimed that when she found Jimi choking, she called an ambulance and accompanied her boyfriend to the hospital, but he died on the way there. However, ambulance workers told a different version of what happened: when they arrived at the apartment, there was no one there except a dead body on the bed. They say that Danneman, while giving official testimony, was constantly confused and changed her version.
10. Bob Marley
Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981 from malignant melanoma. The strange circumstances of Marley's death are sometimes linked to how the reggae legend's illness was discovered. And it was like this: Marley was damaged thumb legs while playing football and a doctor was called to him, who, according to rumors, gave the artist an injection of an unknown drug. Many people, even today, still hold the view that this may have been an attempt on the singer's life and caused his illness. Doctors recommended amputating the finger, but Marley refused the operation because of his religious beliefs; The melanoma progressed, metastasizing to the lungs and brain, which led to the death of Bob Marley at 36 years old.
9. Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger was found dead on January 22, 2008; he was only 28 years old. A mystery shrouded in darkness: was it suicide after all or not? The actor lay on the floor of his Manhattan apartment, surrounded by a pile of pills, some of which were prescribed to him, some of which were not. Many conspiracy theorists believe that Heath Ledger became so immersed in his role as the Joker (in The Dark Knight) that he was unable to separate himself from his character, which drove him crazy. However, this is just speculation, because... there was no farewell note, and he had a cure for everything large quantities I bought it before. And yet, his death remains mysterious and frightening, and no one knows what was on his mind. last days before his tragic death.
8. Natalie Wood
Actress Natalie Wood died on November 29, 1981, death was ruled accidental and was the result of hypothermia and drowning. It is believed that Wood fell into the water while traveling on a yacht with her husband Robert Wagner, her co-star in the film Brainstorm» Christopher Walken and the captain of the ship. Moreover, all three men claim that they did not see Natalie Wood fall overboard. Wood's blood alcohol content at the time of death was determined to be 0.14 percent; Painkillers were also found in the blood. And although these reasons are quite sufficient to explain the fall overboard, there are still details that do not fit into a coherent picture. For example, the death of the actress occurred around 12 noon, and emergency signals were not given for another hour and a half. In addition, they say that Wood untied the boat - where did she intend to go with it? Or rather, why? Well, another suspicious touch: the actress’s body was found a mile from the yacht and she was wearing only a nightgown.
7. Marilyn Monroe
The death of Marilyn Monroe on August 5, 1962 is one of the most talked about, if not the most talked about, celebrity deaths. Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose; she was only 36 years old. Although the Hollywood icon suffered from substance abuse and mental health issues in her final years, many still believe there is something strange about her death. Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her home at 3 a.m. She was discovered by a housekeeper and a psychiatrist, and the death was ruled a suicide because... she took a huge amount of barbiturates. However, in subsequent years, numerous theories emerged - that it was not a suicide, but an accidental overdose, and that the Kennedy brothers were to blame for everything, and that it happened because of the mafia boss Sam Jayankana .
6. John Lennon
John Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980 by "born-again Christian" Mark David Chapman at the entrance to apartment building"Dakota" in New York, where Lennon lived. The murder of Lennon remains a mystery to many now, as people cannot understand what exactly made Chapman point a gun at the legendary musician and shoot five times. Many believe that facts do not explain everything and that Lennon's death must be part of something larger; there is even a theory about a CIA conspiracy to “take out” Lennon; According to this theory, Chapman was recruited by the Secret Service. Another strange circumstance is the fact that when Chapman was arrested, he had the book “The Catcher in the Rye” with him, and he stated that he acted in the image and likeness of the main character of this novel.
5. Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1964 by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The civil rights activist received many threats throughout his career, but he took the risk and did not believe that because of it he should stop fighting for equal rights. King was shot by a sniper while standing on the balcony of his hotel room. Over the past 50 years, King's death has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories; Was Ray just a racist or was there someone behind him? There are theories that the government is involved, as well as a theory that revolves around scraps of paper with the words "Raoul" found in Ray's car.
4. Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley died in the bathroom of his Graceland mansion on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42. It was stated that the King of Rock and Roll died of a heart attack, but it was later discovered that Presley had a number of levels in his blood at the time of his death. medicines and among them - codeine, the level of which was 10 times higher than the recommended level. This information shocked the world media, and they vied with each other to shout that Presley had been killed. At the time of Elvis's death, his health was in a terrible state: he weighed almost 160 kg and was practically bedridden. And yet there are still people wondering whether it was suicide, murder or a tragic accident.
3. Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain's body was discovered by electrician Gary Smith on April 8, 1994; Smith arrived to install the security system, climbed the stairs to the conservatory above the garage and saw through the glass door what he initially thought was a mannequin lying on the floor. It is believed that Cobain barricaded himself in a greenhouse on April 5, wrote a suicide note addressed to an imaginary friend named Boddah, injected himself with a mixture of Valium and heroin, then lay down on the floor, put the barrel of a gun in his mouth, rested his feet on the other end of the gun, and pressed the trigger. The main reason for the many conspiracy theories about this death is the mass of inconsistencies and contradictions revealed during the examination of the case: for example, the examination of the gun was carried out by the Seattle police only a month later, and the prints on the weapon were blurred, which allowed experts to claim that someone wiped. Many also claim that the note written by Cobain is not actually a farewell letter from a suicide, but rather a statement that he is quitting the music business. Private investigator Tom Grant, hired by Courtney Love in an attempt to track down her husband in the days before his death, is a leading proponent of the theory that Cobain's death was a homicide rather than a suicide. Grant has several strong arguments in favor of his theory and continues to defend it tenaciously.
2. Black Dahlia
The brutal death of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short is one of the most famous and odious murders in history. Although Short was not as famous as the other people on this list, her death is perhaps the most mysterious of all. On January 15, 1947, the mutilated body of Elizabeth Short was found in an abandoned plot of land on South Norton Avenue in Leimert Park, near the Los Angeles city limits. The body was cut into two parts at the waist and dismembered. The killer was never found. There is a theory that this murder is connected to the Cleveland Butcher - an unidentified serial killer, but the theory does not go further than the theory.
1. Princess Diana
Exists infinite set conspiracy theories surrounding Princess Diana's death in a car accident on August 31, 1997. Mohammed Al-Fayed, the father of Diana's friend Dodi, who also died in that accident, believes that his son and Diana were killed; Fayed conducted a police investigation in 2004, which resulted in no less than 175 different versions. One of them is based, of course, on the fact that Diana was pregnant with Dodi's child and, according to rumors, they were engaged, so their death could not be an accident: the future king of England is unlikely to need stepbrother with such an unsuitable pedigree. Another version claims that the paparazzi chasing the car should be blamed for Diana’s death. There is also information that two unidentified black cars were driving behind Diana’s car, which then disappeared into the ground.
Vladimir Likhonos, a student at the Konotop Polytechnic Institute, died on Tuesday from a chewing gum explosion.
As the Blik newspaper reports, Vladimir lost half of his face from the explosion and died almost immediately from painful shock and suffocation.
A saucer with citric acid was found on the deceased’s table, as well as a bag of chemical, four times the power of TNT.
Apparently, Vladimir wanted, as usual, to dip his gum in citric acid, but made a mistake and dipped it in explosives. And as soon as this “chewing bomb” hit the mouth, an explosion occurred.
2. 2009 Sergei Tuganov - Death from Viagra.
Sergei Tuganov fainted and died after a 12-hour orgy.
Sergei bet two women $4,300 that he could last the entire 12-hour sex marathon with both of them.
In order not to lose, the Moscow mechanic swallowed many Viagra pills. However, within a minute of those fateful 12 hours, after he was declared the winner, the 28-year-old man suffered a heart attack, collapsed and died.
One of the women, who gave her name as Alina, told Moscow police: “We called an ambulance, but it was too late, they couldn’t do anything.”
Well, at least he died happy.
3. 2009 Taylor Mitchell - death by coyotes
Taylor Mitchell - Canadian pop singer of the ball is mauled to death by two coyotes. The incident occurred on October 27 on a popular tourist route in national park Cape Breton Islands. Doctors who arrived at the scene after a call from eyewitnesses saw two coyotes attacking the girl. One of them was wounded, the second ran away into the forest - park employees began searching for him, and as a result of the search, the animal was shot.
Taylor Mitchell was taken to a hospital in Cheticamp with numerous injuries, from where she was flown by helicopter to the provincial capital of Nova Scotia, Halifax. Doctors were unable to save the girl - she died early in the morning of October 28.
It should be noted that coyotes are very cowardly animals and never attack people.
18-year-old Taylor Mitchell released one album, For Your Consideration, which earned her a nomination for a Canadian Folk Music Award in the Young Artist of the Year category.
4. 2008 Gerald Mellin - death by rope, tree and car 
Gerald Mellin, a British businessman, committed suicide by putting his head in a noose and tying the other end of the rope to a tree. He then jumped into his Aston Martin DB7 and drove down the road to Swansea before being decapitated by a rope. He allegedly took revenge on his ex-wife in this way for leaving him.
5. 2008 David Phyall - death due to eviction
David Phyall, 50, who lives in one of the houses slated for demolition near Southampton (Hampshire, UK), cut off his own head with a chainsaw to protest against eviction.
6. 2008 Nordin Bin Montong - death by white tigers.
Nordin Bin Montong, a janitor at the Singapore Zoo, for unknown reasons, climbed over the fence of the enclosure with white tigers. The animals immediately attacked the zoo employee. A couple of minutes later, his colleagues came running to help Monting and were able to distract the animals, after which they pulled the victim out of the enclosure.
The man died from his injuries on the way to the hospital.
Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding Monting's death.
7. 2008 Isaiah Otieno - death by helicopter
This horrific incident took place in the quiet small Canadian town of Cranbrook, British Columbia. 23-year-old student Isaiah Otieno from Kenya was crossing the road and listening to loud music on his headphones. At this time, a helicopter crashed right above him, which tried to stay in the air for some time, but then lost control and crashed directly onto the unsuspecting Isaiah.
Can you imagine how loud the sound must be or how unobservant this late young (already forever) man was so as not to hear or notice the helicopter circling overhead and in distress?
8. 2008 Mike Warner - Anal Alcoholism
Texan Mike Warner died, so to speak, from “anal alcoholism.” Unable to drink alcohol due to a sore throat, the man poured it into himself rectally. Mike died from an overdose after pouring into himself two 1.5-liter bottles of sherry, which brought his blood alcohol level to six times the legal limit.
9. 2008 Abigail Taylor - death in the pool
Abigail Taylor died at the age of 6, nine months after her internal organs were partially sucked in by the powerful pump of the swimming pool, on which she had the imprudence to sit down. Surgeons replaced her intestines and pancreas with donor organs. Unfortunately, despite all the doctors' attempts to save the girl's life, she died from a rare type of cancer caused by one of the transplanted organs.
10. 2008. James Mason - death by wife
James Mason, 73, of Chardon, Ohio, died of heart failure after his wife virtually killed him in a public swimming pool. Christina Newton-John was captured on video camera. The film showed her dragging her husband by the arms and legs around the pool and preventing all his attempts to get out of the water. In total, James tried unsuccessfully to get out 43 times. Newton-John (who changed her surname as part of her gender reassignment) later “pleaded” guilty to murder.
11. 2007. Jennifer Strange - Killer Prize.
A California woman died immediately after participating in a competition on a local radio station. She drank the most bottles of water for the game console. The mother of three children gave the toy to the children, after which she died from intoxication.
According to the BBC, the Californian radio station KDND 107.9 offered its listeners a task: drink as much mineral water as possible. The winner was to receive a Nintendo Wii game console. The competition was called “Hold Your Wee for a Wii,” which roughly translates to “Hold your wee-wee - get the Wii console.”
Before the start of the game, those who volunteered were advised not to risk their health and not to participate in the competition if they are not completely confident in their abilities. At the first stage of the competition, private participants had to drink a quarter liter of water every 15 minutes. Some competitors quit after five bottles, while others switched to larger containers. In the end, 28-year-old mother of three Jennifer Strange won. Exactly how much liquid the competition participant drank is not reported. However, according to one of her rivals, he left after the fifth bottle of water, while Jennifer Strange was still drinking water. Having become the winner, she told radio hosts about her family and claimed that she won a new product from Nintendo just for their sake. After that, Strange took the prize and went home.
Meeting one of her colleagues on the way, she told him “she felt really bad.” “She cried, complained about the strong headache, and this is the last we heard about her,” says an eyewitness. Strange was found dead at her ranch Friday. Doctors determined death from “water intoxication” - the woman was poisoned by what she drank. A trial is currently underway regarding this matter.
12. 2007. Kevin Whitrick - Death on the Internet
42-year-old Kevin Whitrick hanged himself. His suicide was broadcast in an Internet chat via a webcam.
13. 2007. Couple in love - orgasm in flight
A naked couple (each 21 years old) fell from a roof while having sex in Columbia, South Carolina. Their bodies were discovered by a taxi driver.
14. 2007. Unknown woman - death by camel 
An Australian woman was killed by her own pet camel on the family ranch near Mitchell in Queensland, police say.
The camel was given to a woman for her 60th birthday. Now he is only 10 months old, but he already weighs 152 kg. On Saturday, a camel knocked its owner to the ground and apparently attempted to have sex. The woman died.
15. 2006. Russia - 20 liters of vodka.
In May 2006, the vodka drinking championship in Volgodonsk ended with the death of the winner. According to Reuters, the competition was organized by the owner of a local grocery store. He “supplied” 10 liters of vodka to the championship participants. Six people took part in the competition. Five of them left the race early. The leader lasted 40 minutes, drinking one and a half liters of vodka during this time. Satisfied with the victory, the participant was taken by taxi home, where he died 20 minutes later. The silver and bronze medalists ended up in a coma. And the store manager was charged with murder.
16. 2006. Mariesa Weber - death behind the bookcase
One day in October 2006, thirty-eight-year-old Marisha Weber returned home after work, said hello to her mother, and from that moment no one saw her. The family believed she had been kidnapped and contacted the police, which led to an intensive eleven-day search.
But after some time, the sister of the missing Marisha began to be annoyed by some strange bad smell, spreading throughout the house. He led the family to a bookcase from under which a piece of a leg was peeking out.
Her relatives suggest that Marisha was trying to plug in a new TV, lost her balance and fell head first. bookshelf. Because in her case we were talking about a thin woman, and the bookcase was very large, she had no chance of getting back out. “I slept in this house all those eleven days when we were looking for her. And she was in her bedroom,” said her unhappy mother Connie Weber.
17. 2005. Kenneth Pinyan - love for stallions
Kenneth Pinyan is a porn actor who starred in an unusual genre - Zoo. He, from Seattle, died of peritonitis (inflammation of the parietal and visceral layers of the peritoneum) after anal intercourse with a stallion in Enumclaw, Washington. Pinyan had done this before, but this time he did not make another visit to the hospital so as not to attract attention law enforcement agencies. This case led to the ban on bestiality in Washington State.
18. 2003. Dr. Hitoshi Nikaidoh - death by elevator
Dr. Christopher Hitoshi Nikaidoh, a surgeon, was beheaded as he entered an elevator at St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston, Texas, on August 16, 2003. According to one of the witnesses, when Nikaidoh entered the elevator, the doors slammed sharply, trapping his head and the elevator slowly went up. His body was found in front of the elevator doors on the first floor, and the top of his head, severed just above the lower jaw, was discovered in the elevator. Further investigation revealed that this was the result of an electrical fault in the elevator. Surprisingly, a repairman was called to check the elevator the day before this incident, but for some reason he could not come.
19. 2002. Richard Sumner - the last “masterpiece”
Richard Sumner, a British artist suffering from schizophrenia, disappeared and was found three years later. His skeleton was discovered handcuffed to a tree in the dense woods of Wales. During the investigation, police determined that the cause of death was suicide. Richard handcuffed himself and threw away the key.
20. 2001. Gregory Biggs - death by nurse
A truly horrific death befell homeless man Gregory Biggs from Texas in 2001. On his way home, he was hit by a drunk and drugged-up Chante Jawan Mallard. Gregory's body flew into the windshield, broke and got stuck there.
The driver, a former nurse, however, was not brought to her senses by the tragedy and she simply, as if nothing had happened, drove home to the garage with the body of the unfortunate man sticking out in the windshield. Without bothering to call for help, she simply went to have sex with her boyfriend. She later reported that she apologized several times to the dying man, but it did not occur to her to help him. Considering that the man's injuries were serious but not fatal, it is quite plausible that he died within a few hours. Her friend found the dead body early in the morning, and the court sent Mallard herself to fifty years in a place not so remote.
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 BC 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
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.
668 Constans II Byzantine Empire was killed in the Daphne baths by the eunuch, Andreas. He smashed his head with a marble soap dish
771 The King of Sweden, Adolf Fredrik, died of indigestion. He ate for lunch: crayfish, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring, drank a lot of champagne. He ate all this with his regular 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 blowjob 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 he was poisoned, beaten, castrated, and received several gunshot wounds in 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 Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, was killed while filming The Crow. No one knew that instead of blank cartridges, there was 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 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 45-year-old Oktay Makhmudov 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.
2008 Seven-year-old Abigail Taylor died after her internal organs were partially sucked into the powerful swimming pool pump she was careless to sit on. Surgeons replaced her intestines and pancreas with donor organs. The baby died from cancer caused by one of the transplanted organs.
Does death have its own plan?..
Death from exhaustion at the screen. All its unusualness lies in its surprise.
2005 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 45-year-old Oktay Makhmudov 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 into the powerful swimming pool pump she was careless 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 equal to the weight of his head. One of the conspirators in his murder beheaded Guy, cleared 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.
Hotter coals!
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
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.
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. 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.”
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.
The strangest deaths that have happened to people:
1. A woman died of a heart attack caused by shock after she woke up on her own funeral
Fagilya Mukhametzyanova, from Kazan, Russia, was incorrectly declared dead by doctors in June 2012. The 49-year-old woman began screaming in horror when she realized she was about to be buried. She was rushed back to the hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead from a heart attack. Now her husband is suing the hospital. “I am very angry and someone needs to answer for this. She wasn't dead when they said she was and they could have saved her," he said. It probably wasn't the most pleasant experience of his life...
2The Bride Who Drowned During Her Marriage Photo Shoot 
The bride-to-be fell to her death from a cliff while being photographed for her wedding album in late August 2012. She fell off a cliff into a waterfall while she was still wearing wedding dress. Her body was discovered four hours after she slipped and fell from a cliff into Dorwin Falls in Rawdon, north of Montreal. She chose this location herself for the background of her wedding photos. The woman was supposed to get married in a few days. Two witnesses were hospitalized and received medical treatment for shock.
3. A man was killed by a sheriff's deputy right next to his burial site. 
David Pendleton, 77, whose wife had recently died, was in the family burial plot, just two feet from his own headstone, which was engraved with his name and date of birth. When the officer found him, he was out of it and immediately pointed a loaded gun at the deputy. The officer tried to convince him to lower his gun, but he was still aiming, so he was mortally wounded. Investigators still have not yet determined when the marker on Pendleton's grave was placed.
4The Teen Who Committed Suicide By Jumping on Piranhas 
According to the police, an 18-year-old Bolivian chose a strange and terrible method of suicide. A drunk teenager jumped out of a canoe in a piranha-infested stretch of river and bled to death after suffering dozens of bites. Police believe the death was a suicide because the teenager was a fisherman and was well aware that the river was teeming with carnivorous fish. A terrible choice of death!
5. The man who died of spontaneous combustion 
Danny Vanzandt is a 65-year-old man whose family found his charred body in their home in February 2013. He died in a manner that suggests that he spontaneously combusted. “Even a person doused with gasoline will not burn that badly,” says the witness. Vanzandt drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes, but these factors could not cause a fire strong enough to char the entire body. The floor underneath the 65-year-old man was undamaged and there was no indication that any accelerant was used to start the fire. The autopsy did not reveal any the slightest idea about how the fire started. What a secret!
6The Woman Who Died After She Was Accidentally Injected with Soup 
Ilda Vitor Maciel from Rio de Janeiro died in September 2012 at the age of 88. The nurse mistakenly injected soup into the IV tube attached to the right hand woman, instead of inserting it into her feeding tube. Maciel's daughter was with her during the injection and said her mother began to convulse and stick out her tongue after the soup was injected into her vein. She said she hasn't seen her mother this bad physical condition starting from the moment she ended up in the hospital. Maciel died just 12 hours after receiving the injection. The hospital director admitted the mistake, but did not admit that it led to the patient's death. The medical examiner's office is still investigating the cause of death.
7The “Snake Pastor” Who Died From a Snake Bite 
Mac Wolford, a West Virginia Pentecostal who had just turned 44, was bitten on the thigh in May 2012 when he sat next to a rattlesnake during an outdoor service in state park. He was taken to the house of one of his relatives so that he could recover, but was later taken to urgently taken to the hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. Wolford believed that according to the Bible, Christians should pick up poisonous snakes in their hands to prove their faith in God, and also remain firmly confident that the snakes will not bite them, and if they do, the bites will go away due to faith in God. Blessed is he who believes, hallelujah!
Source 8The Man Who Died During A Threesome He Had On The Side, Losing His Family Three Million Dollars 
William Martinez died in March 2009 while having sex with a woman who was not his wife and a male friend. In June 2012, a court awarded Martinez's family three million dollars in damages because his cardiologist failed to warn him about the dangers of overexertion. They initially asked for five million, but the court decided that Martinez was 40% to blame for his death. This is certainly not a cheap death!
9The Man Who Shot Himself During a Gun Safety Training 
In March 2013, Brian J Parry shot himself in the head with a pistol during a marksmanship course held at a local shooting range. More than a dozen people, including children, witnessed his death. One witness said the man who shot himself appeared lonely and "lost" during the indoor portion of the course - he did not speak to anyone, raise his hand or ask questions. Before he shot himself, almost no one noticed him. Just creepy!
10. The Swede who was killed by his own lawnmower 
A man in his thirties died while mowing his lawn in southern Sweden. Apparently he was cutting grass on a fairly steep slope. A man who fell from his car was hit by a lawnmower and was horribly injured by its blades. His death ranks well on the list of strange deaths.
