Archive for the 'Odd Death' Category
June 20th, 2007
From Boston.COM:
Naked couple die from S.C. rooftop fall
COLUMBIA, S.C. –Police on Wednesday were investigating how a naked couple fell 50 feet from the roof of a downtown office building to their deaths.
The bodies were found on the road by a passing cabdriver around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Clothing was discovered on the roof, leading authorities to suspect […]
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June 7th, 2007
23 seconds to contemplate your doom. ouch.
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May 30th, 2007
Darwin is very unforgiving
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April 3rd, 2007
Keith Richards, Rock Star Heart Throb
From MSNBC.COM:
Keith Richards says he snorted father’s ashes
Stones guitarist mixed remains with cocaine — ‘it went down pretty well’
LONDON - Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all.
In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he […]
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April 2nd, 2007
BEFORE AFTER
From YahooNews:
Grieving couple commits suicide after dog dies
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - Unable to come to terms with the death of their pet dog, an elderly couple in southern India committed suicide by hanging themselves, police said on Monday.
The bodies of 67-year-old retired soldier C.N. Madanraj and his wife, Tarabai, 63, were found […]
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March 2nd, 2007
By Restless
Writing for The Daily Reckoning Australia, Bill Bonner says it better than I ever could:
The worldwide media is speculating as to what the Bush administration will do next. The general tone of the guesswork is this: just how dumb are these people?
So widespread is the belief that the United States is run by idiots, […]
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February 18th, 2007
From CNN.COM:
Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Police called to a Long Island man’s house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set.
The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared to have died […]
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November 29th, 2006
From MSNBC.COM:
Missing woman found dead behind bookcase
Family thinks she fell over trying to adjust TV plug 11 days before discover
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A woman’s body was found wedged upside-down behind a bookcase in the home she shared with relatives who had spent nearly two weeks looking for her.
A spokesman for the Pasco County […]
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November 1st, 2006
From YahooNews:
Woman dies next to own grave
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch woman, who had meticulously planned her own funeral after the death of her husband last year, died next to the grave in Amsterdam where she wanted to be buried, a newspaper reported.
The 65-year-old widow probably died of a heart attack while she was visiting […]
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October 4th, 2006
From YahooNews:
Long-dead body found in Vienna apartment
VIENNA, Austria - A landlord who unlocked an apartment after his letters announcing a rent increase went unanswered found the body of an elderly tenant, and police believe the man may have died three or four years ago, a newspaper reported.
The remains of the 93-year-old man, a former professor […]
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August 14th, 2006
BEFORE AFTER
From MSNBC.COM:
Hot dogs may cause genetic mutations
DNA-mutating compounds could boost cancer risk
Everyone knows hot dogs aren’t exactly healthy for you, but in a new study chemists find they may contain DNA-mutating compounds that might boost one’s risk for cancer.
Scientists note there is an up to 240-fold variation in levels […]
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June 29th, 2006
Pretty tragic. I think this is the 3rd of 4th death on a Disney ride this year. Then again that may be typical?
From WESH.COM:
Boy Dies After Riding Roller Coaster At Disney-MGM
ORLANDO, Fla. — A 12-year-old boy died after riding a roller coaster at Disney-MGM Studios on Thursday.
Disney officials said the boy was transported by ambulance to […]
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June 20th, 2006
According to this test, I’ll live to the age of 80, and die of Cancer sometime in September of 2045. Apparently from the picture I’ll also go bald (Not likely with my genes) and get some kinda weird growth on my head.
My odds of dying a certain way:
56% Cancer
24% Car Accident
13% Loneliness
5% Drowning of the Lungs
2% […]
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June 5th, 2006
From YahooNews:
Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God
KIEV (Reuters) - A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.
“The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’, lowered himself by […]
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