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The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
It is also possible that he died of chocolate poisoning" - No source on the chocolate poisoning, and dying from cold is hardly unusual. "James Otis, American patriot, struck and killed by lightning." - Nothing unusual there: lightning kills about 500-700 people a year. In the world it's said to be 1171 [6] a year.
This is a list of people who disappeared mysteriously post-1990 and of people whose whereabouts are unknown or whose deaths are not substantiated, except for people who disappeared at sea. Since the 1970s, many individuals around the world have disappeared, whose whereabouts and condition have remained unknown.
Samora Machel (53), a Mozambican politician, military commander, and revolutionary, was killed on 19 October 1986 [178] during a mysterious plane crash close to the Mozambican-South African border. Cam Lyman (54–55) was a multimillionaire dog breeder from Westwood, Massachusetts who disappeared in the summer of 1987.
The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page. The list was archived by PresN via FACBot 00:25, 27 October 2023 (UTC).
The following are lists of notable deaths: Lists of deaths by year. Lists of deaths by day. List of assassinations. List of unsolved deaths. List of murdered hip hop musicians. List of deaths in rock and roll. List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication. Lists of people by cause of death.
1901: William McKinley, 25th president of the United States, was assassinated while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The assassin, Leon Czolgosz, had his right hand wrapped in a handkerchief to conceal the gun. Death by shooting not unusual. Lots of Presidents of the US seem to get shot.
The wrong path? Recognizing that different words have different meanings? "This article provides a list of unusual deaths – unique, or extremely rare circumstances recorded throughout history. The list also includes less rare, but still unusual, deaths of prominent people." If it doesn't fit that description, it's gone.