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Famous Deaths #1

Given the date and cause, name the famous figure who died
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Last updated: September 2, 2025
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First submittedAugust 26, 2025
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Cause
Date
Person
1) Stabbed to death
44 BC, Rome
Julius Caesar
2) Snake Bite/Suicide
30 BC, Egypt
Cleopatra
3) Crucifixion
33, Jerusalem
Jesus
4) Fever
632, Medina
Muhammad
5) Killed in Battle of Hastings
1066, England
Harold Godwinson
6) Dysentery
1216, Newark Castle
King John
7) Burned at the stake
1431, Rouen
Joan of Arc
8) Shot/stabbed in battle
1718, Ocracoke, NC
Blackbeard
9) Acute Epiglottitis
1799, Mt Vernon
George Washington
10) Shot in a duel
1804, New York
Alexander Hamilton
11) Shot in a theater
1865, Washington DC
Abraham Lincoln
12) Gunshot wounds/battle
1876, Montana
George Custer
13) Cardiovascular disease
1919, New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Cause
Date
Person
14) ALS disease
1941, Riverdale, NY
Lou Gehrig
15) Cardiac Arrest/Pneumonia
1947, Miami Beach
Al Capone
16) Car Crash on route 466
1955, California
James Dean
17) Shot in motorcade
1963, Dallas
John F Kennedy
18) Shot by father
1984, Los Angeles
Marvin Gaye
19) AIDS complications
1991, London
Freddie Mercury
20) Suicide
1994, Seattle
Kurt Cobain
21) Murder
1996, Las Vegas
Tupac Shakur
22) Plane crash
2001, Bahamas
Aaliyah
23) Stingray barb
2006, Australia
Steve Irwin
24) Alcohol
2011, London
Amy Winehouse
25) Helicopter crash
2020, Calabasas
Kobe Bryant
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2 Comments
pctjunkie
+5
Level 92
Aug 26, 2025
Gehrig is misspelled.
bachslunch
+3
Level 92
Sep 1, 2025
The Lou Gehrig example has major problems:

-he died in Riverdale, NY, not in Utah.

-you misspelled his last name.

-you have to type both the first name and misspelled last name to get it correct.

Please fix this.

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