# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1927
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38524 "2015-10-15T16:46:38Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5. John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion 6. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation 7. Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin - stabbed in heart by stingray tail 8. Jean-Baptiste Lully - struck himself on the foot with his conducting staff; the foot became gangrenous and he refused treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38525 "2015-10-15T17:03:25Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5. John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion 6. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation 7. Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin - stabbed in heart by stingray tail 8. Jean-Baptiste Lully - struck himself on the foot with his conducting staff; the foot became gangrenous and he refused treatment. 9. Pres. William Henry Harrison - death came from giving the longest Inaugural address in history in cold weather, caught pneumonia and died soon after ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38526 "2015-10-15T17:05:44Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5. John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion 6. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation 7. Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin - stabbed in heart by stingray tail 8. Jean-Baptiste Lully - struck himself on the foot with his conducting staff; the foot became gangrenous and he refused treatment. 9. Pres. William Henry Harrison - death came from giving the longest Inaugural address in history in cold weather, caught pneumonia and died soon after 10. [del]Sonny Bono[/del] Michael Kennedy–skied right into a tree two weeks before Sonny Bono. What are the odds? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38527 "2015-10-15T17:08:33Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5. John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion 6. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation 7. Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin - stabbed in heart by stingray tail 8. Jean-Baptiste Lully - struck himself on the foot with his conducting staff; the foot became gangrenous and he refused treatment. 9. Pres. William Henry Harrison - death came from giving the longest Inaugural address in history in cold weather, caught pneumonia and died soon after 10. Sonny Bono Michael Kennedy–skied right into a tree two weeks before Sonny Bono. What are the odds? 11. Jack Daniel - died from gangrene in his foot after kicking a safe ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38528 "2015-10-15T17:20:55Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5. John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion 6. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation 7. Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin - stabbed in heart by stingray tail 8. Jean-Baptiste Lully - struck himself on the foot with his conducting staff; the foot became gangrenous and he refused treatment. 9. Pres. William Henry Harrison - death came from giving the longest Inaugural address in history in cold weather, caught pneumonia and died soon after 10. Sonny Bono Michael Kennedy–skied right into a tree two weeks before Sonny Bono. What are the odds? 11. Jack Daniel - died from gangrene in his foot after kicking a safe 12. Yardbirds vocalist Keith Relf - electrocuted himself with his guitar ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38529 "2015-10-15T17:26:49Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5. John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion 6. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation 7. Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin - stabbed in heart by stingray tail 8. Jean-Baptiste Lully - struck himself on the foot with his conducting staff; the foot became gangrenous and he refused treatment. 9. Pres. William Henry Harrison - death came from giving the longest Inaugural address in history in cold weather, caught pneumonia and died soon after 10. [del]Sonny Bono[/del] Michael Kennedy–skied right into a tree two weeks before Sonny Bono. What are the odds? 11. Jack Daniel - died from gangrene in his foot after kicking a safe 12. Yardbirds vocalist Keith Relf - electrocuted himself with his guitar 13. ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert - Massive blood loss after hitting his head against a glass door in his dining room, shattering the glass and cutting himself in the neck. Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38530 "2015-10-15T17:31:59Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38531 "2015-10-15T18:01:03Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38532 "2015-10-15T18:10:40Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38533 "2015-10-15T18:10:40Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant Irony. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38534 "2015-10-15T18:10:53Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls 5. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant 6. Dick Trickle - shot himself in a graveyard after calling police and telling them where to find his body ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38535 "2015-10-15T18:19:01Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls 5. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant 6. Dick Trickle - shot himself in a graveyard after calling police and telling them where to find his body 7. Brad Delp (Boston lead singer) - CO asphyxia in his home [The details are crushingly sad](http://www.guitarworld.com/brad_delp_details_emerge_about_his_tragic_suicide), yet underscore his reputation as one of the nicest guys in rock. Who leaves a note, separate from the suicide note, specifically to make sure the first responders aren’t endangered by your suicide method? Brad freakin’ Delp. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38536 "2015-10-15T19:05:24Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls 5. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant 6. Dick Trickle - shot himself in a graveyard after calling police and telling them where to find his body 7. Brad Delp (Boston lead singer) - CO asphyxia in his home 8. Ernest Hemingway – aimed his favorite shotgun at his head ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38537 "2015-10-15T19:37:45Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls 5. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant 6. Dick Trickle - shot himself in a graveyard after calling police and telling them where to find his body 7. Brad Delp (Boston lead singer) - CO asphyxia in his home 8. Ernest Hemingway – aimed his favorite shotgun at his head 9. Herve Villechaize - gunshot ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38538 "2015-10-15T20:07:12Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls 5. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant 6. Dick Trickle - shot himself in a graveyard after calling police and telling them where to find his body 7. Brad Delp (Boston lead singer) - CO asphyxia in his home 8. Ernest Hemingway – aimed his favorite shotgun at his head 9. Herve Villechaize - gunshot 10. Margaux Hemingway - overdosed on Phenobarbital one day before the anniversary of her grandfather’s suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38539 "2015-10-15T20:50:20Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls 5. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant 6. Dick Trickle - shot himself in a graveyard after calling police and telling them where to find his body 7. Brad Delp (Boston lead singer) - CO asphyxia in his home 8. Ernest Hemingway – aimed his favorite shotgun at his head 9. Herve Villechaize - gunshot 10. Margaux Hemingway - overdosed on Phenobarbital one day before the anniversary of her grandfather’s suicide. 11. Virginia Woolf - drowning ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38540 "2015-10-15T21:09:14Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls 5. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant 6. Dick Trickle - shot himself in a graveyard after calling police and telling them where to find his body 7. Brad Delp (Boston lead singer) - CO asphyxia in his home 8. Ernest Hemingway – aimed his favorite shotgun at his head 9. Herve Villechaize - gunshot 10. Margaux Hemingway - overdosed on Phenobarbital one day before the anniversary of her grandfather’s suicide. 11. Virginia Woolf - drowning 12. Kurt Cobain- shotgun ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38541 "2015-10-15T22:09:49Z")
Since we’re being morbid: Celebrities who committed suicide, and how they did it 1. Robin Williams-- Hanging himself 2. Capucine - Jumped from her 8th Story apartment 3. Hunter S. Thompson - self inflicted gunshot to the head 4. Baseball superstar Ed Delahanty, jumped off railroad bridge over Niagara Falls 5. Nick Drake - overdose, ruled intentional, of his prescription antidepressant 6. Dick Trickle - shot himself in a graveyard after calling police and telling them where to find his body 7. Brad Delp (Boston lead singer) - CO asphyxia in his home 8. Ernest Hemingway – aimed his favorite shotgun at his head 9. Herve Villechaize - gunshot 10. Margaux Hemingway - overdosed on Phenobarbital one day before the anniversary of her grandfather’s suicide. 11. Virginia Woolf - drowning 12. Kurt Cobain- shotgun 13. Tony Scott - jumped off a bridge Next: Famous people who committed murder after being famous 1. O. J. Simpson (Famous people who “very probably” committed murder obviously accepted) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38542 "2015-10-15T22:18:02Z")
Next: Famous people who “very probably” committed murder after being famous 1. O.J. Simpson 2. Robert Blake ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38543 "2015-10-15T22:20:58Z")
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