Dumb Ways to Die - Celebrity Edition

Even though we see them as gods, celebrities are not immune to stupid, life-ending accidents. So sit back and check out some of the most insanely dumb ways famous people introduced themselves to the Grim Reaper.

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[pembrokelove]

13:24 these pranks are ridiculous. There was a case here in the US, the Tim Wilks case, where a 20-year young man tried a similar prank and approached a family with small children to “rob them” at knife point. In Tennessee. Where slightly over half of all residents have permits to carry concealed weapons.

His last words were literally “It’s a prank, brah.”

I feel awful for his family, and for the man who shot him, for the children who witnessed the whole thing, and for everyone involved. It just didn’t need to happen.

[michelefritchie]

The thing that keeps being left out of the Houndini death is, he had a stunt where he would tighten his abdominal muscles until they were rock hard, and invite people to hit him as hard as they could. The time that caused Houndini's death he didn't have time to tighten his abdominal muscles.

[ficialintelligence]

Actually, with Jon-Erik Hexum, the gun was *not* loaded with a bullet, but with a standard blank. The force of the blank, when fired point-blank-metal-to-skin, still delivers enough force to be fatal. One of my first teenage TV-star crushes. The man was beautiful.

[gurvmlk]

I agree that Irwin probably wouldn't want any resentment held towards what happened. He knew what he was doing, and the risks involved. And while he obviously wouldn't have wanted to die that way, I imagine his knowledge and experience was always ready for that possibility on some level.

[juliaaaUwU]

15:16 it is believed Steve pulled the barb out which caused him to bleed more

[just_kos]

Licensed or not, John Denver was quite an accomplished pilot. His father, who was a USAF test pilot, taught him to fly his Leer jet. The experimental plane he was flying had just been purchased, and he had two independent mechanics check it out. Problem was, the cockpit of the plane wasn't designed very well. While holding the stick with one hand, the pilot had to reach behind himself to switch the fuel tanks over so it was very awkward. A teacher who witnessed the whole thing (not knowing who the pilot was) said the engine started sputtering and smoking, and they suspect the carb had lost the proper air/fuel mix. The witness said the pilot deliberately flew over Monterey Bay 'cause he knew he was going to crash. It was a nice early evening on October 12 and a lot of kids were outside playing. John may've delayed too long to switch tanks, but at least he may've saved many lives by not crashing into someone's neighborhood. (Interestingly enough, earlier that day he'd gone golfing with Clint Eastwood and some others, told them he was going to go play 'with my new toy' that afternoon.) Sorry so long!

[esteemedmortal]

I lost my dad to pancreatic cancer. The fact that Steve Jobs had a good chance of surviving it by using modern medicine and eschewed it until it was too late…, it’s just one of the most profoundly dumb things I’ve ever heard.

[Geeky_Riley]

"She was uncomfortable with smoking." I got a bad feeling she said as much and the smoker thought throwing the match in her direction would be funny but it unintentionally actually hit her.

[daria_morgandorffer]

“John Denver crashed due to a fuel tank valve mounted in a dumb location. He ran out of fuel and when he turned to activate the valve he pressed the controls forward putting the airplane in an uncontrolled dive with no power to regain altitude”. -my professional pilot husband

[richardbell]

If I recall correctly, Aeschylus changed drama forever. Before Aeschylus, plays were the characters separating themselves from the rest of the chorus and presenting a monologue or interacting with the chorus. Aeschylus introduced characters within the play talking to each other.

[peterwheeler]

John Denver's death was caused by a design flaw in the plane. The lever to switch the fuel tanks was located behind the pilot's shoulder. When Denver turned to turn the lever, his body pressed the yoke forward, throwing the plane into an unrecoverable dive.

[hollowhelmet]

Actually, with brandon lee, the gun was not loaded with a bullet, but with a standard blank but there was a slug that was jammed in the barrel of the gun that was pushed due to the force of the blank

[JohnJacksonJohnson]

@10:02, it's like with Terry Kath, who was the guitarist for the band Chicago.
Kath was also an avid gun collector, but his last words were "What do you think I'm gonna do? Blow my brains out?" before he accidentally shot himself in the head, dying instantly.

[ClipsFromMaine]

I have been stalked by coyotes multiple times, the ones in the northeast bred with timberwolves, and are nothing like your Californian counterparts. They’re twice the size, and excellent pack hunters. Once I was actually surrounded, but by the time I was surrounded I was at my vehicle, or I wouldn’t be writing this.

[twosometwosome]

Steve Irwin's death saved a life. Shortly after his death, another man was stung in the same way. Knowing what happened to Steve, the stinger was not removed immediately. It was left until he made it to the hospital.

[oxanakovalenko]

It must ve embarrassing to some of these celebs that they'll be more known for their way of death rather than who they were

[UnchainedAmerica]

Irwin's death was classified as a "freak accident", not to be categorized as "dumb way to die". It was very likely Irwin was caught off-guard by the stingray's sudden behavior and could not avoid the barbs. Irwin was remarkably careful when dealing with dangerous animals at all time.

[beechcraftpvp]

John Denver died in an experimental, or homebuilt airplane. The airplane had 2 fuel tanks and a fuel selector that controlled which tank the engine was drawing from. You could only draw fuel from one tank at a time. He was running low on fuel while in the traffic pattern (right near the airport and coming in for landing) and reached behind him to flip the fuel selector. He couldnt reach it and stepped on the rudder pedals for leverage, which inadvertently rolled his airplane over and into the ground. This is what is widely believed to be the truth of what happened to him at least.

Edit: He also had a pilot's certificate, but not a medical. His medical was revoked due to his history of driving under the influence.

[skp]

RIP Steve Irwin, loved that guy as a kid, he was inspirational to so many growing up by seeing someone interacting with nature in the wild.

[ctakitimu]

Now that song is back in my head again! "Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die"