Famous Deaths

Based on the clues, type in the person it happened to.
Most famous occurrence
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Cause of death
Date
Person
A bird dropped a tortoise on his head
456 BC
Aeschylus
Stab wounds
44 BC
Julius Caesar
Suicide in underground bunker
1945
Adolf Hitler
Asp Bite
31 BC
Cleopatra
Died in bed after bloodletting failed
1799
George Washington
Murdered in a burning barn
1865
John Wilkes Booth
Shot three times in open motorcade
1963
John F. Kennedy
Shot 16 times while giving a speech
1965
Malcolm X
Ice pick to the head
1940
Leon Trotsky
Shot in the back of the head
1865
Abraham Lincoln
Killed returning home from the recording studio
1980
John Lennon
Assassinated on the balcony of a motel
1968
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Radiation poisoning
2006
Alexander Litvinenko
Shot by disgruntled postal worker
1881
James Garfield
Murdered by Muslims while on a daily walk
1948
Mohandas Gandhi
Killed after his driver took a wrong turn
1914
Franz Ferdinand
West Nile Virus in Babylon
323 BC
Alexander the Great
Killed by Hawaiian natives (and eaten)
1779
James Cook
Contracted bladder illness at a banquet
1601
Tycho Brahe
Captured and hung by partisans
1945
Benito Mussolini
Shot while cleaning a dusty picture
1882
Jesse James
Smothered by cloaks while attending the theater
c. 600 BC
Draco
Died after three attempts to kill him
1916
Grigori Rasputin
Killed in Bolivia
1967
Che Guevara
Executed by hanging
2006
Saddam Hussein
Wounded by sniper shot from enemy ship
1805
Horatio Nelson
Murdered during a card game
1876
Wild Bill Hickok
Over-dosing (or not?)
1977
Elvis Presley
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Level 78
Jan 16, 2014
Cool quiz! Horatio Nelson also had a "great" death, while fighting himself and winning the Battle of Trafalgar.
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Level 68
Jan 16, 2014
Ah, I forgot about him! He shall be added posthaste.
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Level 45
Jul 13, 2014
Teehee! 'Post'haste, I love it!
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Level 68
Jul 13, 2014
Good vocabulary is essential, Mr. Cookie.