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  2. Lists of unusual deaths - Wikipedia

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    These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]

  3. List of unusual deaths in antiquity - Wikipedia

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    This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout ancient history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. Milo of Croton , killed by lions as in later legends

  4. List of unusual deaths in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    McDonnell was prosecuted and added to a sex offender list. The dog was later destroyed. [51] [52] Jeff Twaddle 27 March 2009: The 54-year-old charter boat deckhand from Huntington Beach, California, choked to death on a bait fish he had placed in his mouth to amuse a group of elementary school students on a fishing trip off Long Beach. [53] [54]

  5. List of unusual deaths in the early modern period - Wikipedia

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    This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout the early modern period, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The suicide of François Vatel

  6. Category:Lists of unusual deaths - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lists of unusual deaths" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. List of unusual deaths in the Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    Despite the efforts of royal surgeons Ambroise Paré and Andreas Vesalius, the court doctors ultimately "advocated a wait-and-see strategy"; [13] as a result, the king's untreated eye and brain damage led to his death by sepsis ten days later. [14] His death played a significant role in the decline of jousting as a sport, particularly in France ...

  8. List of unusual deaths in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout the Middle Ages, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. John II Komnenos on a boar hunt Frederick Barbarossa 's strange drowning gave rise to legends that he was still alive

  9. List of unusual deaths in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout the 19th century, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The fatal shooting of Thomas Millwood, mistaken for a ghost