subject: Top 9 Tales Of People Who Have Lost Their Lives Because Of Laughing [print this page] A beam on one's face is what we picture as the most appealing gesticulation and to make it better, you turn to the Houston dentist. Using Houston dentistry office, they can guarantee you the nerve to smile. Although you might believe laughing and smiling as acts of healthy living, laughing for hours may also result in death. This might seem very surprising to you, but this has really happened in earlier and modern era. Below are the stories of 9 most popular deaths due to excessive laughing:
The most popular person to die of a fit of laughing was a Greek soothsayer, called Calchas. While the Trojan War, he was growing a few grapevines. Another fortuneteller went by and stated that Calc will never be able to drink this liquor. Afterwards, when the grapes ripened and Calc made wine out of them, he called the other fortune teller too. As they were sharing the liquor, the soothsayer told Calchas about what he had said earlier. This made Calchas laugh so hard that he lost his life.
The other tale is of 5 BC. A Greek artist known as Zeuxis was painting a portrait of an old lady. When he was done, he started laughing, yet choked and died.
In 3 BC, a Greek philosopher named Chrysippus died of laughing because he had seen a donkey eat figs.
The next individual to die of laughter is a Greek too! An individual called Philemon used to write Greek comedies. One day as he was reading one of his own jokes, he found it so funny that he got a fit of hilarity and as a result lost his life.
In 1556, an Italian author Pierto Arentino was listening to a story that his sister was telling him. As he was listening to it, he thought it was so funny that he experienced a fit of laughter that pushed him back in his chair, and later he died of apoplexy.
Another strange story is that of a Scottish writer Sir Thomas Urquhart, who died laughing on the return of Charles II's throne in 1660.
In 1782, a British lady called Mrs. Fitzherbert went to see The Beggar's Opera in the Durry Lane Theater. As she viewed the character 'Polly', she couldn't hold back her laughter and rushed out of the theater. She recalled the event, and experienced hysterics. Remembering the scene, some days later she died.
In 1975, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mitchell were watching their favorite TV show, 'The Goodie's'. Mr. Alex watched a sight which made him laugh for 30 minutes, and then experienced a heart attack. His wife later wrote a thank you letter to 'The Goodie's' for making the last seconds of her spouse full of laughter.
The most modern death is of a Danish audiologist in 1989, named Ole Bentzen. As he saw the movie 'A Fish Called Wanda', he started laughing on the John Cleese's scene. He laughed so much that his heartbeat rose to 200 to 500 beats per minute. As a result, he experienced a heart attack and died.
