# Death as a Career Move **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988 "2025-03-01T19:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/41 "2025-03-02T04:10:48Z")
Anton Yelchin died when his car rolled towards him and pinned him. His parking brake was not properly set. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/42 "2025-03-02T04:16:13Z")
Mike Edwards was a cellist, who played on three of Electric Light Orchestra’s early albums – so, not necessarily super-famous, but he had his 10 minutes of fame. He died in a traffic accident in 2010, while driving his van, when a cylindrical haybale, weighing 600 kilograms, rolled down a hill and struck his vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/43 "2025-03-02T04:20:57Z")
Isadora Duncan. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/44 "2025-03-02T04:22:22Z")
Tiny Tim suffered a heart attack while performing his signature hit “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” and died a few hours later. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/45 "2025-03-02T04:33:58Z")
Harry Einstein (known as Parkyakarkus and Harry Parke) finished his set at the Friar’s Club roast of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez then slumped over Milton Berle and died. He was the father of Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/46 "2025-03-02T04:40:02Z")
I mentioned him upthread. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/47 "2025-03-02T04:42:16Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > performance was being broadcast live. Literally millions of people watched him die on TV. There used to be video of it on YouTube - I just had a quick look and it appears that it’s been taken down. For the best, I feel Not only that he would deliberately include mistakes in his act as part of his comedy, so people thought his collapse on stage was just an extreme example of that ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/48 "2025-03-02T04:49:57Z")
Phil Hartman definitely counts And of course JFK and RFK ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/49 "2025-03-02T04:55:06Z")
Harry Houdini: famous for being able to take an manner of punch safety, but only with preparation. Was punched unexpectedly and died a week later (though possibly the punch just exacerbated a existing case of appendicitis) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/50 "2025-03-02T05:12:33Z")
Ah, I forgot about Anne Heche, who was driving erratically, crashed into a house, setting it on fire, was rescued from her car some while later, and struggled with her rescuers before passing out. She was taken to a hospital, declared brain dead, and kept on life support long enough to harvest organs for donation. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/51 "2025-03-02T06:46:52Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Harry Einstein (known as Parkyakarkus and Harry Parke) finished his set at the Friar’s Club roast of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez then slumped over Milton Berle and died. He was the father of Albert Brooks and **Bob Einstein**. (AKA Super Dave Osborne.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/52 "2025-03-02T07:43:44Z")
51 posts and not a single mention of **Jesus** , the obvious #1 with a bullet entry on this list? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/53 "2025-03-02T08:05:36Z")
Maybe not well known in the US, but BBC tv presenter Dr. Michael Mosley died in Greece when he decided to go for a walk in a remote area, without his mobile phone, when the area was under a weather warning due to hight temperatures. Yes, a medical doctor. > **[Michael Mosley’s wife says ‘we will not lose hope’ as new footage emerges](https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/08/michael-mosley-search-will-not-stop-until-he-is-found-says-symi-mayor-greece)** > > Video is believed to be one of last two sightings before British TV doctor left village of Pedi on Greek island ---
**Author:** ![Awb78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Awb78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Awb78)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/54 "2025-03-02T08:46:32Z")
Bobby Fuller had a pretty strange death (murder or suicide). Sal Mineo? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/55 "2025-03-02T09:31:45Z")
Yeah, that whole story set off my bullshitometer. Did you confirm it, or is do you just have a hunch like me? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/56 "2025-03-02T12:53:43Z")
Does it count if his death was just temporary? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/57 "2025-03-02T13:34:47Z")
John Entwistle (the Who’s bassist) died from a heart attack while having sex with a stripper in a hotel room, high on cocaine. Now that’s a way to go for a rock’n’roller. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/58 "2025-03-02T14:03:54Z")
Jaco Pastorius became a drug addict & alcoholic, sleeping on park benches in Florida. One night he decided he wanted to go to a nightclub, but the bouncer wouldn’t let him in. He got pissed off and smashed a window. The bouncer then proceeded to beat him to death. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/59 "2025-03-02T14:10:40Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > AITA for thinking of that when I heard about Pope Francis’ complication yesterday? If you are, then so am I. My first thought was ‘his own vomit, or someone elses?’ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988/60 "2025-03-02T14:32:04Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > > > AITA for thinking of that when I heard about Pope Francis’ complication yesterday? > > If you are, then so am I. My first thought was ‘his own vomit, or someone elses?’ You can’t dust for vomit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-as-a-career-move/1014988.md?page=4)