But, the fact that he died on Thanksgiving is so bizzare!!! And hasn't really been mentioned - I thought the press would jump all over it! I searched the news all day waiting for the 'gotcha' article to tell us all it was a Daily Mash spoof! For the man who made a living from turkey to die on the day that's celebrated by a big fat turkey was almost too much for me to believe!
In 1673 the French actor and playwright, Molière, died after being suffering a violent coughing fit, while playing the main role in his play Le Malade imaginaire (The Hypochondriac/The Imaginary Invalid).
Isadora Duncan - the famous dancer known for her love of scarves that also featured in her work - was a passenger in a car in 1927 when the scarf she was wearing became tangled in one of the car’s wheels and strangled her .
The creator of "Organic Farming and Gardening", Jerome Irving Rodale was known as the 'founding father' of the organic food movement. While discussing the benefits of organic foods he dropped dead in his chair part way through an interview on the "Dick Cavett Show" in January 1971 at the age of 72. Just before his death, Rodale boasted in the interview "I'm going to live to be 100 unless I'm run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver...".
Author of the best selling "Complete Book of Running," Jim Fixx - who started the jogging craze of the 1970s - died of a massive coronary whilst out jogging.
In 1987 actress, Elizabeth Hartman fell to her death from a fifth floor window in a bizarre reflection of a character in her staring 1966 movie "The Group."
A very special mention however goes to the sad case in 2009 of Kim Sa-rang, a 3-month-old baby girl. Although not a celebrity like the others mentioned beforehand, I feel her death has a great significance to our times. She died from malnutrition after both her parents spent hours each day in an internet cafe raising a virtual child on an online game.
