List of people who died on the toilet
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Numerous individuals have died while using a toilet facility or in the process of defecation or urination. This includes confirmed historical figures and more modern recent notable cases of deaths.
Pre-20th century[edit]
| Date | Location | Name | Age | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c. 12th century BC | Moab | Eglon, King of Moab | Unknown | Assassinated by left-handed judge Ehud while on toilet. | [1] |
| Summer of 581 BC | Jin, China | Duke Jing of Jin (Ju) | Unknown | Died falling into a toilet pit. | [2] |
| 336 AD | Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire | Arius | 80 | Died from explosive gastrointestinal problems while in a public toilet | [3] |
| 30 November 1016 | Oxford or London, England | King Edmund Ironside of England | 26 | Stabbed while defecating in a toilet. | [4] |
| 4 November 1035 | Lysá nad Labem, Bohemia | Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia | Unknown | Stabbed with a spear from under a toilet seat while defecating. | [5] |
| 26 or 27 February 1076 | Vlaardingen, Lower Lorraine | Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine | Unknown | Was assassinated while using a toilet. | [6] |
| 4 August 1306 | Olomouc, Bohemia | Wenceslaus III of Bohemia | 16 | Murdered with a spear while sitting in the garderobe. | [7] |
| 19 April 1578 | Echigo Province, Japan | Uesugi Kenshin | c. 58 | Allegedly assassinated while using a toilet. | [8] |
| 25 October 1760 | Kensington Palace, London, England, Great Britain | George II of Great Britain | 76 | Collapsed shortly after attending to his close stool, possibly died of an aortic aneurysm. | [9] |
20th century[edit]
| Date | Location | Name | Age | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 1969 | Chelsea, London | Judy Garland | 47 | Overdosed on barbiturates while using a toilet. | [10] |
| 24 October 1971 | Paris, France | George Dyer | 38 | Overdose of alcohol and amphetamine while using a toilet. Portrayed in The Black Triptychs | [11] |
| 16 August 1977 | Memphis, Tennessee | Elvis Presley | 42 | Cardiac arrest due to alleged drug overdose while using a toilet. | [12] |
21st century[edit]
| Date | Location | Name | Age | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2004 | Hollywood Hills, California, United States | Robert Pastorelli | 49 | Overdosed on morphine while on a toilet. | [13] |
| 25 June 2011 | Pilton, Somerset, United Kingdom | Christopher Shale | 56 | Died of a heart attack on a portable toilet while at Glastonbury Festival. | [14] |
| 17 May 2013 | Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Jorge Rafael Videla | 87 | Died of a heart attack while on a jail toilet after slipped in the shower. | [15] |
Deaths in fiction[edit]
- Donald Gennaro (played by Martin Ferrero) is eaten by a Tyrannosaurus rex while sitting on the toilet of a destroyed restroom cabin in the 1993 movie Jurassic Park.[16]
- A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones: in the book A Storm of Swords (2000) from the series written by George R. R. Martin, Tywin Lannister is killed while using the toilet.[17]
- The Sopranos: one capo for Tony Soprano's crime family, Gigi Cestone, died on the toilet, likely due to stress caused by the new leadership role.[citation needed]
- Rick McCarthy (played by Eric Keenleyside) from Stephen King's Dreamcatcher (2003) dies from expelling an alien while on the toilet.
- South Park: in the 2012 episode "Reverse Cowgirl", Clyde's mom falls into the toilet and suffers disembowelment.[18]
- Saturday Night Live: produced several fictional advertisements for comedic value for a device called a "Toilet Death Ejector", in which a toilet would "eject" a person off of a toilet if they died on it so they would not be found dead on the toilet.[19]
- A panicked passenger (played by Leanne Adachi) locks herself in a restroom and gets pulled down the toilet by the Octalus in the 1998 movie Deep Rising.[20]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Judges 3:12-26 (King James Version)". BibleGateway.com.
- ^ Zuo Qiuming (translator James Legge). "Book VIII. Duke Cheng". Zuo Zhuan (in Chinese and English). University of Virginia. Retrieved 23 April 2012. Chapter X.
- ^ Muehlberger, Ellen (6 May 2015). "The Legend of Arius' Death: Imagination, Space and Filth in Late Ancient Historiography". Past & Present. 227 (1): 3–29. doi:10.1093/pastj/gtu042.
- ^ Henry of Huntingdon 2002, p. 15.
- ^ Chronica Baemorum. "Kochan poslal svého kata a když onen slepec seděl na záchodě v hodině noční, vyprazdňoval břich, proklál ho ostrým oštěpem zezadu až do útrob břišních."
- ^ Hay, David (2008), The military leadership of Matilda of Canossa, 1046-1115, Manchester University Press, pp. 35, 43–44.
- ^ Charles Edmund Maurice, The Story of Bohemia from the Earliest Times to the Fall of National Independence in 1620 (1896), p.117
- ^ Turnbull 2012, p. 32
- ^ Thompson, pp. 289–290; Van der Kiste, p. 213.
- ^ citing United Press International article "Judy Took Too Many Pills" and containing a copy of Garland's death certificate.
- ^ Jonathan Jones (17 September 2019), "Death on a toilet: the shocking Paris show that almost sank Francis Bacon", The Guardian
- ^ "Elvis' addiction was the perfect prescription for an early death". PBS NewsHour. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Actor Robert Pastorelli found dead in home". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ^ "PM in Commons tribute to friend". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ^ "Videla, el represor que murió en un inodoro y que lideró a los que podrían pedir el 2x1". BigBang! News (in Spanish). 5 May 2017.
- ^ Alexander, Bryan (7 April 2013). "'Jurassic Park': Meet 'the guy who died on the toilet'". USA Today. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Game of Thrones Viewer's Guide". viewers-guide.hbo.com. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ McGee, Ryan (14 March 2012). "South Park: "Reverse Cowgirl"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Berkowitz, Joe (2019-03-03). "SNL has disrupted elder care with this excremental innovation". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ Deep Rising (1998) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-03-29