Jean-Baptiste Lully: In 1687, this French composer hit his own foot with his conducting stick. The wound got infected and he died., Hans Steininger: He had the longest beard in town. In 1567, he tripped on it while running from a fire and died., William Huskisson: At the opening of a new train line in 1830, this British politician got off the train and was hit by another train., Isadora Duncan: This famous dancer died in 1927 when her long scarf got caught in the wheel of a car., Pope John XXI: He died in 1277 when the ceiling of his new library fell on him., Clement Vallandigham: In 1871, this lawyer was defending a client in court. To show how the victim died, he shot himself by accident and died., Sherwood Anderson: This writer was at a party in 1941 and swallowed a toothpick that came in his drink. He died a few days later., King Alexander of Greece: In 1920, he was walking in his garden when his pet monkey bit him. He died from the infection., Allan Pinkerton: The founder of a famous detective agency slipped on the street in 1884, bit his tongue and died from the infection., Francis Bacon: This famous English philosopher died in 1626 after he stuffed a chicken with snow to test how to keep food fresh., Jake Miller: This man in Texas died because he was watching a video on his phone and walked into a moving bus., Lars Henriksen: In 1990, this fisherman in Norway died when a big fish jumped out of the water and hit him in the head., Marco Bellini: This chef in Italy died after he slipped on a spaghetti noodle in his own restaurant., Ben Walker: This tourist in Spain was taking a selfie on a roof and fell into a pool of tomato sauce at a festival., Ryan Fletcher: This man in Canada died when his own snowman fell on top of him during a storm., José Almeida: This farmer in Brazil was chased by his own goat and ran into a tree. He never woke up., Klaus Weber: In 2005, this man in Germany died because he laughed too hard during a comedy show., Yuki Tanaka: This woman in Japan died after she fell asleep in a hot bath with her phone charging next to it., Harry Fontaine: This famous magician died when his rabbit pulled the curtain down on the stage., Daniel O’Connor: This man in Australia died after he tried to jump over a fence to get his hat and landed on his own barbecue.

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