There are deaths as famous as the characters who are victims of them. Some tragic accidents have captured the attention of the history books or the press because of the unusual, indecent, or even comical of the situation.
Famous like Pope Adriano IV, who died choked by a fly; the astronomer Tycho Brahe, whose dinner manners played a trick on his bladder, which was seriously damaged and killed by not going out to urinate; or the Greek playwright Aeschylus, creator of the famous Greek tragedy, who died a comical death when a tortoise fell from the claws of an eagle and hit his head.
On this occasion, we stop at some famous characters very different in terms of time, place and occupation, but who shared a fatal destiny: they died having sex.
Sex is one of the healthiest and most enjoyable activities that exist; But it does not stop requiring some physical effort that, sometimes, can be dangerous if combined with certain unfavorable circumstances.
It is worth mentioning that its tragic endings have also fueled myths, and may have been distorted by the passing of the generations. Here, we focus on five documented cases of famous people who died while making love.
Atila
The King of the Huns was in his prime. According to Prisco, a 5th century Thracian historian, he had just reached an agreement with Pope Leo I and was planning his greatest conquest: Rome. In 453, he married his twelfth wife, Ilico, a beautiful young German girl. The effort of the wedding night got the better of him, and he was found dead from a nosebleed.
Pope Leo VII
Before becoming Supreme Pontiff, he led a simple life as a Benedictine monk, but he perished on July 13, 939 of a heart attack while having sexual relations.
Felix Faure
He was appointed President of the French Republic in 1895, but his term was interrupted by death. On February 16, 1899, he expired with his pants down while a prostitute passionately kissed his member. It is said that the prostitute suffered a faint from which she was slow to recover.
Nelson Rockefeller
The American billionaire died on January 26, 1979 of a heart attack. He was said to have passed away in his Manhattan office, but the media assumed he had breathed his last at his Maine home while making love to his secretary Megan Marshak. He was 71 years old and grossly overweight. She, 45. According to this version, she had to fight to get rid of him before calling an ambulance and therefore, when the health services arrived, it was too late to revive him.
Jack McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey’s father passed away in bed while making love to his wife. His mother Kay reveals it in her book I Amaze Myself. According to her, it was customary for the couple to say goodbye early on Mondays practicing sex, until one morning her husband lost consciousness and stopped responding.
