This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout the 21st century , noted as being unusual by multiple sources. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.
Wikidata item. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Steve Irwin , the "Crocodile Hunter" who was killed by a stingray. Phillip Hughes , Australian cricketer killed on the pitch. The Stegosaurus statue inside which a man died. References [ edit ]. BBC News. Retrieved 20 September Managing director Guenter Stampf said the documentary would "come to terms with an unusual criminal case".
Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 12 January The Newsroom. University of Saint Thomas. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 August A man who was visiting his mother's house to attend his father's funeral was killed in a bizarre kitchen accident this week.
Fact Check. Although deaths in this manner are rare, there have been others. In a Vancouver man who collapsed from an undisclosed illness fell on sharp objects housed in an open dishwasher at his mother's home and expired of his wounds. ABC News. The New York Times. Michael was mourned at a funeral here in his hometown, less than 48 hours after he died from injuries caused by a freakish accident at Westchester Medical Center.
Sports Illustrated Vault. Retrieved 23 October Anne 19 May Arizona Daily Star. Pulitzer Publishing Company. Page 22, column 3.
