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These are a series of incomplete '''lists of unusual deaths''', unique or extremely rare circumstances of [[death]] recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. <!--Deaths that are unusual but that are not associated with reliable sources that ''say'' the death is unusual will be removed. -->
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File:Death of Aeschylus in Florentine Picture Chronicle.jpg|alt=|The death of [[Aeschylus]], killed by a [[tortoise]] dropped onto his head by an [[eagle]], illustrated in the 15th-century ''Florentine Picture-Chronicle'' by [[Baccio Baldini]]<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |title=Meditation in Solitude |first=Ursula |last=Hoff |journal=[[Journal of the Warburg Institute]] |volume=1 |year=1937 |pages=292–294 |jstor=749994 |issue=44 |doi=10.2307/749994 |s2cid=192234608 |issn=0959-2024}}</ref>
File:Barbarossa smrt.jpg|alt=|[[Frederick Barbarossa]]'s strange drowning gave rise to legends that he was still alive
File:Flying tailor.png|alt=|[[Franz Reichelt]], known as the "Flying Tailor", prior to his death testing an early [[wingsuit]]
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==Unusual deaths==
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Due to the length of this list, it has been divided into the following sections:

* [[List of unusual deaths in antiquity]]
* [[List of unusual deaths in the Middle Ages]]
* [[List of unusual deaths in the Renaissance]]
* [[List of unusual deaths in the early modern period]]
* [[List of unusual deaths in the 19th century]]
* [[List of unusual deaths in the 20th century]]
* [[List of unusual deaths in the 21st century]]
* [[List of unusual animal deaths]]

== See also ==
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* [[Autoerotic fatality]]
* [[Darwin Awards]]
* [[Death by coconut]]
* [[Death from laughter]]
* [[Death by vending machine]]
* [[Execution by elephant]]
* [[Spontaneous human combustion]]
* ''[[1000 Ways to Die]]''
* ''Stupid Deaths'', a recurring segment in the [[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|television adaptation]] of ''[[Horrible Histories (book series)|Horrible Histories]]''
* [[Death during consensual sex]]
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=== Lists ===
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* [[List of association footballers who died while playing]]
* [[List of causes of death by rate]]
* [[List of racing cyclists and pacemakers with a cycling-related death]]
* [[List of entertainers who died during a performance]]
* [[List of inventors killed by their own invention]]
* [[List of last words]]
* [[Lists of people by cause of death]]
* [[List of people who died on the toilet]]
* [[List of people executed for witchcraft]]
* [[Lists of people who disappeared]]
* [[List of political self-immolations]]
* [[List of premature obituaries]]
* [[List of selfie-related injuries and deaths]]
* [[Toilet-related injuries and deaths]]
* [[List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing]]
* [[United States amusement park accidents]]
* {{Section link|Wheel-well stowaway|List of wheel-well stowaways}}
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wrJygAACAAJ|title=Strange Inhuman Deaths|isbn=978-0-7509-3864-8|last1=Bellamy|first1=John G|year= 2008|publisher=History Press}}
* {{cite book|first=Nick|last=Daws|title=Daft Deaths and Famous Last Words|publisher=Lagoon Books|date=2005|isbn=978-1-9047-9715-9}}
* {{cite book|last=Dreher|first=Dale|title=Death by Misadventure: 210 Dumb Ways to Die|asin=B007JYWNV4|date=2012-03-12}}
* {{cite book|last=Dunning|first=John|author-link=John Dunning (journalist)|title=Strange Deaths|series=True Crime|date=February 1997|isbn=978-185958498-9}}
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7HTfGRRllAQC|title=Curious Events in History|first=Michael|last=Powell|publisher=[[Sterling Publishing]]|year= 2008|isbn=978-1-4027-6307-6}}
* {{Cite book|title=Strange Deaths: More Than 375 Freakish Fatalities|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|last2=Simmons|first2=Ian|last3=Stevenson|first3=Val|location=New York|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble Books]]|year=2000|page=14|isbn=978-0-7607-1947-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fijmTMOJrJcC|access-date=4 January 2022|via=[[Google Books]]}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py_ZAAAACAAJ|title=The Fortean Times Book of More Strange Deaths|isbn=978-1-902212-02-9|year=1998|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|publisher=John Brown }}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RpLMwEACAAJ|title=The Fortean Times Book of Strange Deaths|isbn=978-1-907779-97-8|year=2011|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|publisher=Russell Blackman }}
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCExOEknBQ0C|title=Mysterious Deaths and Disappearances|last1=Southwell|first1=David|author1-link=David Southwell|last2=Twist|first2=Sean|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4042-1081-3}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JS5mHAAACAAJ|title=Curious and Unusual Deaths|last=Winterbotham|first=Russell R.|author-link=Russell R. Winterbotham|publisher= Haldeman-Julius|location=Girard, KS|year=1929}}
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== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://health.discovery.com/tv-shows/curious-and-unusual-deaths-pictures.htm|archive-date=2013-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916213200/http://health.discovery.com/tv-shows/curious-and-unusual-deaths-pictures.htm|title=Curious and Unusual Deaths Pictures|website=[[Discovery Channel]]|publisher=[[Discovery Communications]]|access-date=2024-08-07}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/tag/freakish-fatalities/|title=Freakish Fatalities Articles|website=[[Snopes]]|access-date=2024-08-07}}

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