List of unusual deaths in the 21st century
Summary
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.
Originally created by Gildir
11/20/2024, 9:25:04 AM
Modified
5/28/2026, 3:48:10 PM
Recent revisions
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1356562593|1356562593]] by [[Special:Contributions/Jonah at autum|Jonah at autum]] ([[User talk:Jonah at autum|talk]]) Rv good faith edit, was grammatically correct before ("was" refers to just the man, not the man and the horse)
/* */ changed was to were
Rm Sunjay Kapur (didn't actually swallow a bee, check his article for sources) and Diana Weinger (neither source refers to death as unusual so I'm not putting this in the tank); smoothed some apostrophes; removed easter egg potholes to asphyxiant gas; removed bonus empty column
/* 2020s */ Added citation, corrected date
Added recent death
added imformation
/* 2020s */ Copy edit ▸ For clarity. Link to the British pro league included.
/* 2020s */ Copy edit ▸ Links ▸ "Mini Cooper" link redirected to section "Second generation (2015)" of article "Mini Clubman (2007)"; Ms․ Heche's "Mini Cooper" was this precise one, and the original redirect was going to a disambiguation page.
/* 2020s */ Copy edit ▸ MTCE tags ▸ Source verified.
/* 2020s */ Copy edit ▸ Links ▸ "Helium" was de-linked in favor of linking "died after inhaling helium" to article "asphyxiant gas", but the "helium" article in turn can be accessed from within article "Asphyxiant gas".
/* 2020s */ Copy edit ▸ Diction ("leg to kill its opponent" replaced with "spur") and links ("spur", to article "Spur (zoology)".
/* 2020s */ Copy edit ▸ Links ▸ "Started to lose consciousness", to article "Asphyxiant gas".
/* 2010s */ Copy edit ▸ Diction.
/* 2010s */ Copy edit ▸ Citations ▸ URL updated in cited reference due to dead link.
/* 2010s */ Copy edit ▸ Grammar.
/* 2000s */ Copy edit ▸ Links ▸ "Jigsaw power tool", to article "Jigsaw (tool)".
unnecessary
Closer crop for Irwin
Rescuing 0 sources and tagging 1 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5) ([[User:TurquoiseGoose|TurquoiseGoose]] - 29260
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1352849060|1352849060]] by [[Special:Contributions/Howtomedia72|Howtomedia72]] ([[User talk:Howtomedia72|talk]]) 'freak accident', maybe, but being crushed by a falling limb is hardly unusual or unique
