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George Patton died in an automobile accident in 1945.
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William Howard Taft was killed when a crane tried to lift him from his bathtub.
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The entrepreneur Milton Hershey was killed when a vat of chocolate exploded in his factory.
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Frederick Douglass passed away while riding on the world's first Ferris Wheel.
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The Spanish knight El Cid died after getting hit by the fan of a windmill in an incident that inspired the novel Don Quixote.
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The Apollo 1 mission resulted in the deaths of all three astronauts aboard.
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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, for whom the Guillotine is named, was killed by the execution device that shares his name.
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Pope John XII is believed to have died amid an adulterous affair.
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Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer of murder mysteries, was himself the victim of a yet-unsolved murder case.
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Saint Patrick was said to have died of a snakebite while he drove the serpents from Ireland.
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Genghis Khan died from injuries that he sustained falling off a horse.
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Harry Houdini passed away by drowning during a failed underwater escape act.
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The dish Eggs Benedict takes its name from the Earl of Benedict who died from eating raw eggs with their shells on.
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The assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was himself the victim of an assassination.
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The artist Jackson Pollock died in a car accident because he was driving drunk.
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Joseph Stalin was shot dead by agents of his secret police.
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Herman Melville had himself nailed in a coffin and buried alive when he thought he going to die soon.
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Davy Crockett was killed in the Alamo after coining the phrase "Do you want to live forever?!"
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The famous socialite Zelda Fitzgerald died in a hospital because a fire broke out while she was locked in her room.
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Caligula was murdered by his own Praetorian Guard.
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Blackbeard the pirate burned to death because he used to put fuses into his beard and light them to give him a demonic appearance during battle.
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Dante Alighieri died of anemia that he contracted from writing The Divine Comedy in his own blood.
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The weapons manufacturer Sam Colt died when one of his prototype revolvers exploded in his hand.
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Nikola Tesla died from an electric shock he received while tinkering with a new invention.
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Zachary Taylor died of an illness that manifested after he placed the Washington Monument's cornerstone.
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Theodore Roosevelt died from being bucked off his horse after doctors specifically told him not to ride.
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Damocles was a historic king who died when a sword he suspended above his throne fell and cut off his head.
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Beethoven died only hours after premiering his ninth and final symphony.
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Wan Hu was a figure from Chinese history who it is said died by strapping rockets to a chair and lighting them to try and reach space.
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The Greek Stoic philosopher Chrysippus was said to have died from laughter because he saw a donkey eating figs.
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