Swifty
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14. A Daredevil's Final Fall
Bobby Leach was a colourful character who first became famous in 1911 when he went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He continued to perform dangerous exploits including parachuting over the falls from an airplane. In April 1926 Leach was walking down a street in Christchurch, New Zealand, when he slipped on a piece of orange peel and broke his leg so badly that it had to be amputated. Complications developed and he died.
15. Killed By Jazz
Seventy nine year old cornetist and music professor Nicolas Coviello had had an illustrious career having performed before Queen Victoria, Edward VII and other dignitaries. Realising that his life was nearing its end, Coviello decided to travel from London to Saskatchewan to pay a final visit to his son. On the way, he stopped in New York City to bid farewell to his nephews, Peter, Dominic and Daniel Coviello. On June 13, 1926, the young men took their famous uncle to Coney Island to give him a taste of America. The elder Coviello enjoyed himself but seemed irritated by the blare of jazz bands. Finally he could take it no longer. "This isn't music," he complained and he fell to the boardwalk. He was pronounced dead a few minutes later. Cause of death was 'a strain on the heart'.
(my own personal WTF favourite)
16. Drowned At A Lifeguard's Party
On August 1, 1985, lifeguards of the New Orleans recreation department threw a party to celebrate their first drowning free season in memory. Although four lifeguards were on duty at the party and more than half of the 200 party goers were lifeguards, when the party ended, one of the guests, Jerome Moody, 31, was found dead on the bottom of the recreation department pool.
Bobby Leach was a colourful character who first became famous in 1911 when he went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He continued to perform dangerous exploits including parachuting over the falls from an airplane. In April 1926 Leach was walking down a street in Christchurch, New Zealand, when he slipped on a piece of orange peel and broke his leg so badly that it had to be amputated. Complications developed and he died.
15. Killed By Jazz
Seventy nine year old cornetist and music professor Nicolas Coviello had had an illustrious career having performed before Queen Victoria, Edward VII and other dignitaries. Realising that his life was nearing its end, Coviello decided to travel from London to Saskatchewan to pay a final visit to his son. On the way, he stopped in New York City to bid farewell to his nephews, Peter, Dominic and Daniel Coviello. On June 13, 1926, the young men took their famous uncle to Coney Island to give him a taste of America. The elder Coviello enjoyed himself but seemed irritated by the blare of jazz bands. Finally he could take it no longer. "This isn't music," he complained and he fell to the boardwalk. He was pronounced dead a few minutes later. Cause of death was 'a strain on the heart'.
(my own personal WTF favourite)
16. Drowned At A Lifeguard's Party
On August 1, 1985, lifeguards of the New Orleans recreation department threw a party to celebrate their first drowning free season in memory. Although four lifeguards were on duty at the party and more than half of the 200 party goers were lifeguards, when the party ended, one of the guests, Jerome Moody, 31, was found dead on the bottom of the recreation department pool.