Strange deaths

This is a list of unusual deaths.

Aeschylus, Greek dramatist, in 456 BC, died when a vulture, mistaking his bald head for a stone, dropped a tortoise on it.
Sherwood Anderson, writer, in 1941, swallowed a toothpick at a party and then died of peritonitis.
Attila the Hun, in 453, suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death on his wedding night.
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, in 1601, died several days after his bladder burst during a banquet.
Isadora Duncan, actress, in 1927, died of accidental strangulation and broken neck when her scarf caught on the wheel of a car in which she was a passenger.
François Faber, Luxembourgean Tour de France winner, in 1915, while in a trench on the western front of World War I. He received a telegram saying his wife had given birth to a daughter. He cheered, giving away his position, and was immediately shot by a German sniper.
Owen Hart, WWF wrestler, in 1999, died when he fell 78 feet while being lowered into the ring by a cable from the stadium rafters before an upcoming match, snapping his neck.
Frank Hayes, jockey, in 1923, suffered a heart attack during a horse race. The horse, Sweet Kiss, went on to finish first, making Hayes the only deceased jockey to win a race.
Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer, in 1687, died of a gangrenous abscess after piercing his foot with a staff while he was vigorously conducting a Te Deum.
Michael Malloy, a homeless man, in 1933, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car. Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on life insurance policies they'd purchased.
Menes, Egyptian pharaoh, 31st century BC, was killed by a hippopotamus.
Vic Morrow, actor, in 1982, was decapitated by helicopter blade during filming of the Twilight Zone movie.
Allan Pinkerton, detective, in 1884, died of gangrene resulting from having bitten his tongue after stumbling on the sidewalk.
Pope John XXI, in 1277, was killed in the collapse of his scientific laboratory.
Tennessee Williams, playwright, in 1983, choked to death on a plastic bottle cap.