alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 22, 2019 Indian comedian Manjunath Naidu pulls a Dick Shawn onstage and dies during his set. Audience think it's part of the act until they realize it isn't. https://www.rt.com/news/464687-indian-comedian-dies-stage/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted July 30, 2019 A Dutch cyclist died in Germany when he was hit by a car. That's not an unusual way to die, happens elsewhere too. But this car was.... unoccupied. The woman driving the car forgot to pull the handbrake and since the car was parked on an incline, it started rolling. A 100 meters down the road the unlucky Bastard on two wheels met with the combination of inertia and gravity..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted September 2, 2019 A woman in Australia was killed by a rooster who didn't want her to reap his offspring. https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/agressieve-haan-doodt-bejaarde-vrouw-76-die-eieren-wilde-rapen~a7fff544/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted September 29, 2019 Life's a rollercoaster and so is death apparently. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49868179 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 11, 2019 Death by Fishcake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted October 11, 2019 53 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Death by Fishcake. Yeah, saw that - a professional wedding planner seen off by an unexpected turn of events, doubly funny, then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted October 17, 2019 Inhalation of deodorant that smelled like his mum. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-50087690 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 28, 2019 Hanging by your pants 290 feet up a chimney It's local news here but no proof yet he is actually dead but seems this guy climbed the chimney in middle of night with intention of throwing himself off top but when he jumped his trousers got caught and he's been dangling upside down ever since. He was moaning and groaning for first few hours but has since gone quiet and he's got no shirt on so may have frozen to death. Dixon's Chimney used to be the 8th largest chimney in the world (some useless associated information). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 282 Posted October 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Grim Up North said: It's local news here but no proof yet he is actually dead but seems this guy climbed the chimney in middle of night with intention of throwing himself off top but when he jumped his trousers got caught and he's been dangling upside down ever since. He was moaning and groaning for first few hours but has since gone quiet and he's got no shirt on so may have frozen to death. Has it been confirmed to be a suicide attempt, or was he just trying to unfurl a banner from the top of the chimney? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, JQW said: Has it been confirmed to be a suicide attempt, or was he just trying to unfurl a banner from the top of the chimney? Not officially but locally I have heard that it was. Man stuck up chimney in October - Christmas gets earlier every year! 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 282 Posted October 28, 2019 I remember seeing that chimney when I did a bit of computer work at a Carlisle factory many years ago. Not sure where exactly the factory was, and I suspect that the company behind it is no more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted October 28, 2019 If it was an extinction rebellion protest (climbing up chimney, protest against pollution? Does the chimney still work?) he ironically has helped climate change, by removing himself and his carbon footprint from the world. Not the first time they've targeted a chimney. Seems like a strange suicide attempt. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/amp/news/extinction-rebellion-target-tate?__twitter_impression=true Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 28, 2019 The rescue attempt. They've got him down But no mention of his condition. EDIT: He's dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted October 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Grim Up North said: The rescue attempt. They've got him down But no mention of his condition. EDIT: He's dead. While we're here, an illustration of the use of a pointless phrase. Twice. Lee Salmon, from Great North Air Ambulance, said: "There are case studies which suggest that at this moment in time the gentleman could still be alive. So at this moment in time it's still a rescue." Hmm, let's try this. Lee Salmon, from Great North Air Ambulance, said: "There are case studies which suggest that the gentleman could still be alive. So it's still a rescue." 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Toast said: While we're here, an illustration of the use of a pointless phrase. Twice. Lee Salmon, from Great North Air Ambulance, said: "There are case studies which suggest that at this moment in time the gentleman could still be alive. So at this moment in time it's still a rescue." Hmm, let's try this. Lee Salmon, from Great North Air Ambulance, said: "There are case studies which suggest that the gentleman could still be alive. So it's still a rescue." Unfortunately the News & Star also have a 90 foot cherry picker recovering him from a 290 metre chimney - someone's just blown their chance to go big with the nationals! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted October 28, 2019 Chim-Chimney, Chim-Chimney Chim Chim Cheerio. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted October 28, 2019 4 hours ago, Grim Up North said: The rescue attempt. They've got him down But no mention of his condition. EDIT: He's dead. Shamed that I'm so busy today I'm the last on board with a Cumbrian story. Nice weather up there, mind, whilst I was dodging showers after de-icing the car down south Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 28, 2019 That’s brilliant. DEATH OF YHE YEAR nominee. We should name a DP after such heroism each year. I just may do that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 30, 2019 Sad suicide confirmed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 4, 2019 A four-month-old baby died after a monkey dropped a stone on him. The incident happened at his home in Sohjani village of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Saturday. The monkey was on the terrace while the baby boy was on the ground floor with his parents. The monkey picked up a stone lying on the terrace that slipped from its grip and fell on the boy leaving him with serious injuries. The baby was declared brain dead at hospital. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 25, 2019 A 2-year-old boy was crushed to death when an ice sculpture collapsed at a Luxembourg Christmas market, according to new reports. The toddler was at the Place Guillaume II market with his family around 8 p.m. Sunday when the sculpture, installed next to the ice skating rink, suddenly fell apart — with one of the broken shards landing on top of him. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted November 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: A 2-year-old boy was crushed to death when an ice sculpture collapsed at a Luxembourg Christmas market, according to new reports. The toddler was at the Place Guillaume II market with his family around 8 p.m. Sunday when the sculpture, installed next to the ice skating rink, suddenly fell apart — with one of the broken shards landing on top of him. SC That's cold, man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 27, 2019 Not sure where to drop this. Police have confirmed the identity of the man whose body was found in a deceased woman’s freezer, but, there are still a lot of questions about how and when he died. He’s been identified as 69-year-old Paul Mathers. He was the husband of Jeanne Sourone Mathers who lived in the retirement apartment complex. Investigators believe she knew he was in the freezer the entire time, but they still don’t know how long he was there. Police were called to the Remington Park Apartments after a maintenance worker said he hadn’t seen the woman in two weeks. She was found on her bed, and officers believe she may have died of natural causes. An investigator found her husband’s body inside a three- to four-foot-wide freezer while he was looking for clues to help him determine how long she had been deceased. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 293 Posted November 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Not sure where to drop this. Police have confirmed the identity of the man whose body was found in a deceased woman’s freezer, but, there are still a lot of questions about how and when he died. He’s been identified as 69-year-old Paul Mathers. He was the husband of Jeanne Sourone Mathers who lived in the retirement apartment complex. Investigators believe she knew he was in the freezer the entire time, but they still don’t know how long he was there. Police were called to the Remington Park Apartments after a maintenance worker said he hadn’t seen the woman in two weeks. She was found on her bed, and officers believe she may have died of natural causes. An investigator found her husband’s body inside a three- to four-foot-wide freezer while he was looking for clues to help him determine how long she had been deceased. SC Sounds like their frozen relationship is thawing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,088 Posted December 1, 2019 Booby traps: Man in Maine killed by own device https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50619952 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
