9 most famous people who have died of laughter
A smile on the face is what we see as the most attractive gesture. To make it better, you go to the dentist. Using dentistry skills, he or she guarantees you the courage to smile. Although you may take laughter and smile as gestures of a healthy life, laughing for a long time can also lead to death. This may seem very surprising to you, but this has actually happened in early and modern history. The following are the stories of the 9 most famous deaths due to excessive laughter:
• The most famous person to die of a fit of laughter was a Greek fortune teller named Calchas. During the time of the Trojan war, he was growing some vines. Another fortune teller passed by and said that Calc will never be able to drink this wine. Later, when the grapes ripened and Calc made wine from them, he invited the other fortune teller as well. As they shared wine, the soothsayer told Calchas what he had predicted. This made Calchas laugh so hard that he died.
• The other story dates back to 5 BC. A Greek artist named Zeuxis was painting a picture of an old woman. When she finished, she started to laugh, but she choked and died.
• In 3 BC, a Greek philosopher named Chrysippus died laughing because he had seen a donkey eat figs.
• The next person to die laughing is also a Greek! A person named Philemon used to write Greek comedies. One day, while he was reading one of his own jokes, he found it so funny that he started laughing and finally died.
• In 1556, an Italian author, Pierto Arentino, was listening to a story told by his sister. As he listened to her, he found her so amusing that he had a fit of laughter that pushed him backwards in her chair, and then died of a stroke.
• Another strange story is that of the Scottish writer Sir Thomas Urquhart, who died laughing at the restoration of the throne of Charles II in 1660.
• In 1782, an English lady named Mrs. Fitzherbert went to see The Beggar’s Opera at the Durry Lane Theatre. When she saw the character ‘Polly’, she couldn’t control her laughter and left the theater. She recalled the event and experienced hysteria. Remembering the event, a few days later she died.
• In 1975, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mitchell were watching their favorite television show, ‘The Goodie’s.’ Mr. Alex watched a scene that made him laugh for half an hour and then he experienced a heart attack. Later, his wife wrote a thank you note to ‘The Goodie’s’ for making her husband’s last moments happy.
• The most recent death is that of a Danish audiologist in 1989, named Ole Bentzen. While he was watching the movie ‘A Fish Called Wanda’, he started laughing at the John Cleese scene. He laughed so hard that his heart rate increased from 200 to 500 beats per minute. As a result, he suffered a heart attack and died.