13 unusual deaths of the 20th century

1. Garry Hoy - Toronto lawyer, fell to his death after he threw himself through the glass wall on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre in order to prove the glass was "unbreakable". - 1993
2. Alex Mitchell - a 50-year-old bricklayer from King's Lynn literally died laughing whilst watching an episode of The Goodies - 1975
3. Vic Morrow - (actor) was decapitated by a helicopter blade during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie, along with two child actors - 1982
4. Owen Hart, a professional wrestler for WWE died during a Pay-Per-View event when performing a stunt. It was planned to have Owen come down from the rafters of the Kemper Arena on a safety harness tied to a rope to make his ring entrance. The safety latch was released and Owen dropped 78 feet into the wrestling ring. The PPV continued even after he was pronounced dead.
5. Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, was shot and killed by a prop .44 Magnum gun while filming the movie The Crow. The gun was pre-loaded by the Weapons Master for the set, but the casing for the blank shattered upon firing and the fragments became instant projectiles. It was not instantly recognized by the crew or other actors; they believed he was still acting. - 1993
6. Andrés Escobar, a Colombian football player, who was shot and killed in Medellín. Though the motivation for the murder remains unclear, many people attribute the murder to the own goal that Escobar scored in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.