Copyrighted: Strange Death Routes!

Death has always been a mystery to us all. Following is a list of some intellectually challenged people who found some really wicked ways of crossing the barrier.

Kiss: Li Po was a great Chinese poet and even far greater was his thirst for alcohol. One very sloshed night, the great poet was boat- cruising down a river, when he stumbled upon the reflection of moon on the water. Mesmerized and awestruck he tried to kiss the moon, fell over in river and died!

Fly: In 1159 Pope Adrian IV, after a roaring speech against Emperor Frederick I, went to take a drink form a fountain. While drinking, he swallowed a fly and gagged to death!

Job Appointment: Italian poet Severino Ferrari was confined to an asylum when he got the news of his appointment at University of Bologna as the professor of literature. Ferrari got extreme excitement and was so stunned that he dropped dead!

Snooker Shot: Mr. Raymond Priestley was playing a  normal game of snooker with his friend, in his garage in Melbourne. Attempting to play a trick shot, he climbed on the crossbeam and hanged himself upside down by his legs. He lost his balance and fell headfirst on the concrete floor. He died later with brain damage!

Cleanliness: on August 23, 1903, Pat Burke of St. Louis Montana took his first bath in 20 years. It killed him. In contrast the famous "Nawab of Avadh-Wajid Ali Shah", it is said died when a cleaner passed by him, as he could not bear the stink!

Beard: Mr. Hans Steininger was known for his long beard. Well, one day in September 1567, while climbing a staircase leading to the council chamber of Brunn, he stepped on his beard, lost his balance, fell down and died!

Hot Tub: In May 1979, the LaRoya couple from Simi Valley, California, set out for a backyard party. They seized their drinks, laid down the spa, perfectly set the water at 110F and fell asleep, never to wake up again. They both died with a mix of hyperthermia, alcohol poisoning and heart disease!!

Low Blow: Harry Houdini is probably the most famous escape artist  world has ever known. In 1926, while in his dressing room, he was unexpectedly attacked by a student. The young man struck two or three unexpected slugs in his stomach. Houdini died later from peritonitis!

Goat Hair: A Roman praetor, Fabius, chocked to death because of a single goat hair in his milk!

Laughter: A Greek stoic philosopher, Chrysippus, went into an outburst of laughter and died while watching his drunken donkey attempt to eat figs!

 

 

(Adapted from multiple internet sources)