List of choking deaths
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This is a list of notable people who have died by choking.
- 405 BC: Sophocles (91), Diodorus Siculus claims Sophocles choked on a grape-seed in a cup of wine.[1]
- circa 200: Lucius Fabius Cilo, Pliny the Elder claims "Chilo" perished from choking on a single hair in a draught of milk.[2]
- 453: Attila the Hun (47), although cause of death is disputed.
- 1065: Godwin, Earl of Wessex (~55), reported (by Aelred of Rievaulx) to have choked to death at a Winchester banquet with Edward the Confessor after asking God to witness his claimed innocence in the death of Edward's brother.[3]
- 1635 Tom Parr (152)[4]
- 1946: Alexander Alekhine (53), autopsy indicates heart attack, but supposed witness claimed choking.
- 1956: Tommy Dorsey (51)
- 1957: Raymond Griffith (62)
- 1960: Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee (49), first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), died on 8 November 1960 at Tokyo by choking on a piece of food lodged in his windpipe.[5]
- 1963: Skinnay Ennis (55)
- 1967: Jimmie Foxx, famous Major League Baseball player, died by choking on a bone on 21 July 1967 aged 59.[6]
- 1970: Jimi Hendrix (27), choked on his aspirated vomit while unconscious with barbiturates.[7]
- 1971: T. V. Soong (76), former premier of Republic of China
- 1978: Dingle Foot (72), well known British politician and brother to future Labour Party Leader Michael Foot died in a Hong Kong hotel after choking on bone in a chicken sandwich.
- 1981: Christy Brown (49)
- 1983: Tennessee Williams, playwright, reportedly died after choking on a bottle cap on 25 February 1983 aged 71.[8]
- 2001: Michelle Enrile (12). Allegedly choked while eating candy containing konjac gel in 1999. Lapsed into a coma and died two years later.
- 2009: Christopher Nolan (43), Irish poet and author.
- 2015: Praful Bidwai (66), Indian journalist and activist, died by choking on food on 23 June 2015 at a conference in Amsterdam.[9][circular reference]
- 2017: American rapper Prodigy (42) of Mobb Deep, died by accidental choking.[10]
References[]
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, B. xiii. c. 14
- ^ https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137:book=7:chapter=54
- ^ Douglas, David C. (1990) William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-24320-6, pp. 412-413.
- ^ https://brumafriend.medium.com/old-tom-parr-outliving-a-dynasty-ada0c5187b7a
- ^ "The Saga of a Soaring Legend". www.indianairforce.nic.in. IAF. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Jimmie Foxx Obituary". Retrieved 15 June 2007.
- ^ Brown 1997, pp. 172–174: Coroner Gavin Thurston's September 28 inquest Moskowitz 2010, p. 82: Hendrix's September 21 autopsy.
- ^ "Biography of Tennessee Williams". IMDB. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
- ^ Praful Bidwai#cite note-4
- ^ "Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy died of accidental choking".
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