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Led Zeppelin Comeback Concert Video
| Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven-Live-O2 London-2007-12-10 |  | Shock, elation, disbelief, and emotional upwelling are triggered in members of the audience who had long abandoned all hopes of witnessing any more li...
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They were must be nutsHere is a shortlist of sudden and unexpected violent deaths.
- Too much viagra killed the dictator
Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, died at his residence in Abuja of a heart attack, rumored to have been caused by the ingestion of large quantities of the drug VIAGRA as a prelude to an orgy. (1998)
- Killed and eaten by a classmate (trust but verify)
A 25-year-old Dutch woman studying in Paris, Renée Hartevelt, was killed and eaten by a classmate, Issei Sagawa, when he invited her to dinner for a literary conversation. The killer was declared unfit to stand trial and extradited back to Japan, where he was released from custody within fifteen months. (1981)
- The politician shot himself during a TV conference (worth seeing)
 R. Budd Dwyer, a Republican politician, committed suicide during a televised press conference. Facing a potential 55-year jail sentence for alleged involvement in a conspiracy, Dwyer shot himself in the head with a revolver. (1987)
- Teenager killed by a MiG-23 fighter jet (I suppose it is stupid to die such a way, but shit happens)
- A homeless man killed to collect his life insurance
Michael Malloy, a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car. Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on life insurance policies they'd purchased. (1933)
- Apollo 1's deadly training exercise
A flash fire began in the pure oxygen atmosphere inside the unlaunched Apollo 1 spacecraft, killing its crew during a training exercise. (1967)
Christine Chubbuck, an American television news reporter committed suicide during a live broadcast on July 15th. At 9:38 AM, 8 minutes into her talk show, on WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida, she drew out a revolver and shot herself in the head. (1974)
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