Most Epic Deaths in History

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[SeriousHistory]

Just a note on the Benkei story. Most of the details about his life were written a few hundred years after he died in a work called 'Gikeiki' so most likely some of the stories were greatly exaggerated by storytellers by the time they were written down.

[romeovereeken]

The urge to die in a final stand facing an endless horde is strong with this one

[MagicSpud]

Outplayed by a corpse, outplayed by a youth beating a drum, outplayed by a Dentist

[Slimycookie]

Benkei: so my 1000th hunt went unsuccessful. Dude was a beast. He and i are homies now. I’ll die for him.

[SavageShooter]

Poor Benkie, he grinds and grinds collects all the best weapons on the map and gets owned by the final boss

[yohumanfrisk]

So you're telling me that Benkei was a giant of a man who wielded a Naginata and died standing upright. . . Bro is ABSOLUTELY the inspiration for Whitebeard in One Piece.

[hadiferlan]

Yi Sun Sin was slandered and disrespected but remained a patriot. The slanderer is bad but the stupid king is worse.

[efeozel]

Ancient japan had some real shenanigans inside

[zegpath]

During the Salem Witch Trials, a man named Giles Corey was accused of witchcraft. He was 80 years old when the trials happened, and was an absolute menace. When he refused to make a plead to the court in Salem, he was pressed (put between two boards, the top of which had heavy stones put on it) and repeatedly asked how he pleaded. Giles, every time he was asked until he died, answered with the same phrase.

“More weight.”

[WalkingPillow]

Yoshitsune: The battle is already lost
Benkei: **proceeds to win a 1v300**

[LordBathtub]

Sam O'Nella really did kickstart an entire genre on YouTube lol

[Sal_]

Imagine being like “nah I’d win” then soloing an entire army

[pandatrip]

Holy shit Yi Sun Shin was so badass. Imagine dying to the sight of the reatreating, burning, sinking, screaming enemy, war drum beating, knowing that you will die but satisfied in knowing your homeland is safe.

[itsyourboicarl]

History in class: 😕😮‍💨🥱
History from this guy: 😯🤩🙋

[irvingacevedo]

Benkei is giving Whitebeard vibes, staff stance sacrifice and all

[Man-xsem]

Yi Sun Shin telling his nephew to beat the drums after being hit with an arrow is literally so goated i didn't even know what to say

[MaoriFOREVER]

" HOW COULD I LOSE TO SUCHA SMALL WARRIOR I FOUGHT MUCH bigger MEN IN THE PAST!"
" the size of the dawg do not matter
the size of the fight inside of the dog matters"

[notbrandon]

Enough said, Im reinstalling For Honor to play as Benkei

[AlexizVork]

I have such a story too. My great-grandfather fought in World War II with the rank of lieutenant. His detachment was assigned to take one of the heights during the breakout of the siege of Leningrad. During the battle, at some point he realized that the orders from the leadership had stopped coming. Retreating to the major's position, he found him killed by a stray bullet. Realizing that his squad had stopped advancing long ago, he personally took command and led the army forward. By this point, the German forces did not expect an offensive, believing that they had already won. Eventually, with numerous losses, my grandfather stood at the top of the height and fell bleeding. He had 6 bullet wounds, but he continued to give orders. Eventually, he lost consciousness. He was taken to the hospital, and there he died three days later

[Heccfire]

As a Korean, i am disappointed by the lack of turtles in this video.