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Death comes to us all eventually! But some die in unusual circumstances - either instantly or very slowly. What is our fate?

Skier dies sliding down Italian piste on mat
Feb 2008 - David Monk, 46, died from severe head and chest injuries when he careered straight into barriers at the bottom of the piste in Sauze d'Oulx. He and three other friends had removed the padding from the barriers and used it to sled down the slope. They then collided with the metal fencing that they had exposed.
 
Snowboarder dies in Mountain Fall
Feb 2008 - Robert Bruce, 39, a British anaesthetist was killed after falling 30m (120ft) from rocks while snowboarding in the Val d’Isere in the French Alps. He was only a few yards off-piste but had taken a corridor never used by locals or off-piste guides and he fell onto rocks. He is thought to have stopped in time to avoid the steep drop, only to be pushed over the edge by a small avalanche that he had caused.

A terrible taste
War is hell, but ancient wars were particularly brutal. After the Persians captured the Roman emperor Valerian during battle around A.D. 260, Persia's King Shapur I is said to have humiliated Valerian by using him as a footstool. But it only got worse for the Roman. After Valerian offered a king's ransom for his release, Shapur responded by forcing molten gold down his prisoner's throat, stuffing him with straw, and then putting him on display, where he stayed for a few hundred years.
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Decapitated by a helicopter blade
Vic Morrow, a tough-talking actor known for his role in the TV series Combat! was killed in July 1982, in a tragic accident on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The script called for the use of both a helicopter and pyrotechnics - a combination that would prove lethal. When the pyrotechnics exploded, the helicopter's tail was severed, causing it to crash. The blades decapitated Morrow and a child actor, and another child actor was crushed to death. Although the filmmakers faced legal action from the accident, the project was completed and the movie was released in June 1983. It performed poorly at the box office, based partially on the controversy surrounding the accident. 

Handcuffed to a tree
2002: Richard Sumner, an artist suffering from schizophrenia, went into Clocaenog Forest, Denbighshire, Wales, and committed suicide by handcuffing himself to a tree and throwing the keys away. His skeleton was discovered three years later by a hiker walking her dog.

 
Fatal Internet Gaming
2005: 28-year-old South Korean, Lee Seung Seop, collapsed of fatigue and died after playing Starcraft for almost 50 consecutive hours in an Internet cafe.

The Flight of the Phoenix
To Paul Mantz, stunt flying was a natural calling. He appeared in numerous films through the years, including Air Mail, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Twelve O'Clock High, and The Wings of Eagles. On July 8, 1965, Mantz was killed while performing a stunt for The Flight of the Phoenix. Flying over an Arizona desert site, Mantz's plane struck a hill and broke into pieces, killing the famous aviator immediately. Because the majority of the movie had already been shot, filmmakers were able to substitute another plane for some remaining close-ups, and The Flight of the Phoenix was released later that year.

Died Playing an Electric Guitar

One of the musicians left his guitar unplugged after rehearsing one night. The day after, his little brother plugged the guitar into the air conditioning connection on the wall and when he turned on one of the Volume controls, he had an electric shock that pulverized his body.

Cesar Roldan