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Death from laughter is an extremely rare form of death, usually resulting from either cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, that has itself been caused by a fit of laughter. Though uncommon, death by laughter has been recorded from the times of ancient Greece to modern times.
The Greek painter died of laughter while painting an elderly woman. [7] [16]: 105 Anacreon: c. 485 BC: The poet, known for works in celebration of wine, choked to death on a grape stone according to Pliny the Elder. [13] [14] [16]: 104 The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica suggests that "the story has an air of mythical adaptation to the poet's ...
Pages in category "Deaths from laughter" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Greek painter died of laughter while painting an elderly woman. [7] [16]: 105 Anacreon: c. 485 BC: The poet, known for works in celebration of wine, choked to death on a grape stone according to Pliny the Elder. [13] [14] [16]: 104 The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica suggests that "the story has an air of mythical adaptation to the poet's ...
Despite the efforts of royal surgeons Ambroise Paré and Andreas Vesalius, the court doctors ultimately "advocated a wait-and-see strategy"; [15] as a result, the king's untreated eye and brain damage led to his death by sepsis ten days later. [16] His death played a significant role in the decline of jousting as a sport, particularly in France ...
A Seattle police officer has been fired over the “dehumanizing laughter” and “cruel comments” he made after the 2023 death of an Indian graduate student who was struck by a police vehicle ...
The inspector leaves the house with the joke in hand, but also dies from laughter. [2] The British Army are soon eager to determine "the military potential of the Killer Joke". [1]: 11 They test the joke on a rifleman (Terry Jones), who laughs and falls dead on the range.
Real Housewives of Orange County alum Lauri Peterson shared in April 2024 that she was mourning the death of her son, Josh Waring, who appeared on the show alongside her. (Peterson was a main cast ...