| Hint | Historical Figure |
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| French playwright who died of a coughing fit while playing the title role in his play 'The Hypochondriac' | |
| English scientist who died of pneumonia after experimenting with the use of snow to freeze meat - it was chicken, not pork | |
| Leader of the Huns who was feared across Europe but who, according to legend, died of a nosebleed | |
| Jamaican political activist who died after two strokes, supposedly after reading a negative obituary of himself | |
| French scientist who died of leukemia, likely due to radiation from her experiments | |
| American politician and lawyer who died after accidentally shooting himself while demonstrating during a trial how a victim could have accidentally shot himself | |
| American playwright who choked to death on the cap of an eye drop bottle | |
| English aristocrat and archeological patron who died of an infected mosquito bite, although legend blames King Tut's curse | |
| American actor killed when a prop gun fired a real bullet | |
| Danish astronomer who, according to legend, died of complications from a ruptured bladder, after a long meal where etiquette required he not leave | |
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| American escape artist who died of a ruptured appendix after being punched in the stomach on a dare | |
| Russian mystic who was poisoned, shot, stabbed, and drowned in a frozen river, but according to legend died of hypothermia | |
| Australian TV personality killed when his heart was impaled by a stingray barb | |
| Greek playwright who, according to legend, died when an eagle dropped a turtle on his head from a great height | |
| Russian dissident poisoned by Polonium-210 | |
| American distiller who died of blood poisoning after breaking his toe kicking a safe he couldn't open | |
| American professional golfer killed by hypoxia due to loss of cabin pressure in a plane | |
| Chinese poet and heavy drinker who, according to legend, drowned after trying to embrace the reflection of the moon on water | |
| Roman general who, according to legend, died after the Parthians captured him during a battle and poured molten gold down his throat as a symbol of his thirst for wealth | |
| American emigre to Russia and famous dancer who died when her scarf became caught in a car wheel, strangling her | |
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