Statistics for U.S. History - How Did They Die?

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Michael Jackson (2009)	Overdose of prescription drugs	98%
Tupac Shakur (1996)	Drive-by shooting	96%
Kobe Bryant (2020)	Helicopter crash	92%
Robert F. Kennedy (1968)	Assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan	81%
James Dean (1955)	Automobile crash	72%
Sharon Tate (1969)	Murdered by the Manson family	71%
Arthur Ashe (1993)	Complications from AIDS	70%
George Washington (1799)	Excessive bloodletting by doctors	69%
Jesse James (1882)	Shot from behind	68%
John Denver (1997)	Plane crash	66%
Harry Houdini (1926)	Appendicitis / punch to stomach	58%
Sonny Bono (1998)	Hit tree while skiing	54%
Ernest Hemingway (1961)	Suicide by shotgun	54%
John Brown (1859)	Hanged	50%
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953)	Electric chair	48%