#UnusualDeaths - Food-related
In 1135, King Henry 1 died at age 67 from - according to chronicler Henry of Huntingdon - "eating a surfeit of lampreys". 1/
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#UnusualDeaths - Food-related
In 1153, Eustace IV, Count of Bologne died after choking on a plate of eels. 2/
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#UnusualDeaths - Food-related
In 1771, King Frederick of Sweden died after consuming a feast that included lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers, champagne and a dessert of semla, a cream-filled bun served in a bowl of milk. 3/
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#UnusualDeaths - Food-related
In 1784, French philosopher Denis Diderot was reaching for an after-dinner apricot when his wife admonished him for eating too much. He told her she was overreacting, ate the apricot, and dropped subsequently dropped dead. 4/
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Zachary Taylor, 12 President of the United States, died four days after eating a generous portion of cherries and iced milk. 5/
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Bandō Mitsugorō VIII, one of Japan's most revered Kabuki actors, consumed four servings of fugu liver in 1975, claiming he could withstand its toxic effects. Turns out, he could not. 6/END
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