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This is a list of notable people who have died by choking. 405 BC: Sophocles (91), Diodorus Siculus claims Sophocles choked on a grape-seed in a cup of wine. [1] circa 200: Lucius Fabius Cilo, Pliny the Elder claims "Chilo" perished from choking on a single hair in a draught of milk. [2] 453: Attila the Hun (47), although cause of death is ...
Although oxygen stored in the blood and lungs can keep a person alive for several minutes after breathing stops, [1] choking often leads to death. Around 4,500 to 5,000 choking-related deaths occur in the United States every year. [2] [3] Deaths from choking most often occur in the very young (children under three years old) and in the elderly ...
Bill Gates: There is a thing called the poverty trap, where, if you're poor enough, you can't invest in roads and better seed and fertilizer, and your kid’s diet is so limited, both in terms of ...
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A viral video showed the former Marine, identified as Daniel Penny, putting 30-year-old Jordan Neely in a chokehold on May 1 while they rode on the F train in Manhattan. Neely died from a ...
The 67-year-old American tourist died from positional asphyxia in Scotland when a 72-kilogram (159 lb) metal garden bench he was sitting on toppled backwards, pinning him against a wall which had knocked him unconscious. It was later found that such benches had a risk of sinking into the grass and there were no appropriate checks to provide a ...
There are many problems billionaire tech tycoon Bill Gates is hoping to help solve: eradicating polio, water sanitization, and agricultural development to name a few.But one frontier he worries is ...
Nisbet was found dead after choking to death on his own vomit after a ritual drinking game required of initiates into St. Pat's Board, an organization on campus which raised money for the annual St. Patrick's Day celebration. [6] March 31, 1992 Gregory R. Batipps: Alpha Phi Alpha: University of Virginia: Traffic collision