Death
Diet Yourself to Death
So this is kind of a "good news/bad news" story then?
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 20, 2016 -
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Category: Death, Sports, 1990s, Bodybuilding, Dieting and Weight Loss
Corpse In 3D
A Chinese funeral home is now using 3D technology to restore the deceased when the body has been badly disfigured in death. It is said to be much better than just makeup to make the person who has passed on look presentable for the bereaved family. It is expensive, of course.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 05, 2016 -
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Category: Body, Dismemberment, Death, Technology
Sisters ate newspaper to survive
February 1980: The Schreiner sisters, Naomi (76) and Ruth (74), were found dead in their Columbus, Ohio home, apparently starved to death. In the house were found "little rolls of newspaper on plates as if the women had been eating them."Neighbors had sensed something was going wrong with the sisters for a while, and some had offered to help but had been told by the sisters to mind their own business.
The Bryan Times - Feb 13, 1980
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 01, 2016 -
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Category: Death, 1980s
The Coffin of Pero Bannister
I find this anecdote in two sources. True, or apocryphal? You be the judge!
1880 text.
1937 text.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 29, 2016 -
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Category: Death, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Face and Facial Expressions, Head
Buried Upright
April 1963: Rev. Andrew Stackhouse of Conway, South Carolina designed his own casket which allowed him to be buried sitting upright. After he died of a heart attack, at the age of 58, none of his friends or family could explain why he had built the special casket. The best answer they could come up with was that: "He just didn't want to lie down, and he liked to be different."
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 17, 2016 -
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Category: Death, 1960s
Died Twice
July 1974: Venezuelan fisherman Ramon Rivera Rodriguez woke up, looked around himself, realized he was in a coffin at his own funeral, and promptly had a heart attack and died. His relatives subsequently demanded action against the doctor who had incorrectly pronounced him dead the first time.I can't find any more info and the life and double death of Ramon Rodriguez, beyond the wire story that ran in papers in July 1974. The same story, containing identical details, also ran in Spanish-language papers.
South China Morning Post - July 29, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 16, 2016 -
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Category: Death, 1970s
Great Poker Face
The idea of propping up corpses in true-to-life poses at funerals is something we've seen before here at WU. For instance, in 2008 there was Angel Pantoja Medina "standing tall at his funeral," and in 2014 I posted about the corpse of Miriam Burbank sitting at a table at her funeral, smoking a menthol cigarette.The latest news story along these lines involves Puerto Rican poker fanatic Henry Rosario Martinez, whose friends posed his corpse sitting at a poker table, so they could enjoy one last game with him. More info at NY Daily News.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 12, 2016 -
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Category: Death
Objected to taking out trash
One for the weird death file. The tragic case of Jamella Jackson, age 12.
Cincinnati Enquirer - Feb 15, 1985
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 31, 2016 -
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Category: Death, 1980s
Death By Condom Machine
Three men decided to boost a condom machine and blow it open to get at the condoms, and presumably, the money inside. They set up the blast and ran to their vehicle for cover. Unfortunately the last guy in the car did not get his door shut in time and was struck in the head by a piece of the machine when it blew up. He later died at the hospital, Darwin Award.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Dec 28, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Goofs and Screw-ups, Crime, Stupid Criminals, Death
Changed name for fortune
1954: Grizel Thomson changed her last name to Inge, and as a result inherited $3,500,000. In 2015 money, according to the inflation calculator, that would be about $30 million. Not bad for a name change.I can't find any recent info about the Inge fortune, and whether possession of that last name is still required to get the money.
Kansas City Times - Jan 29, 1954
Posted By: Alex - Mon Dec 28, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Money, 1950s
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