Just a fascinating list of 19 ‘Unfortunate Author Deaths’ for the morbidly curious
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Nikolai Gogol put himself to bed and refused food, thus dying of starvation, in huge amounts of pain, after nine days. pic.twitter.com/0QAO3hZpGw
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12.
Yukio Mishima, disembowelled himself at the conclusion of an incredibly ill-conceived and failed political coup; the devotee who was supposed to simultaneously cut his head off fucked the job up and failed despite several tries. pic.twitter.com/hpwdZjTZeF
— Caustic Cover Critic, not necessarily a bad person (@Unwise_Trousers) March 9, 2023
13.
Barbara Salinas Norman was found naturally mummified in the dry heat of her New Mexico home, her corpse having gone undiscovered for up to a year. pic.twitter.com/BYQmRBfCkU
— Caustic Cover Critic, not necessarily a bad person (@Unwise_Trousers) March 9, 2023
14.
Thomas Merton, electrocuted adjusting an electric fan while in the bath (though strange injuries to the back of his head were never investigated). pic.twitter.com/RP5NIWqiRi
— Caustic Cover Critic, not necessarily a bad person (@Unwise_Trousers) March 9, 2023
15.
Orhan Veli Kanık, fell down an open manhole, seemed uninjured, then died two days later of a brain aneurysm. pic.twitter.com/BRUDAx46WZ
— Caustic Cover Critic, not necessarily a bad person (@Unwise_Trousers) March 9, 2023
16.
Dan Andersson, accidentally exterminated along with the bedbugs in a Stockholm hotel pest eradication using cyanide gas. pic.twitter.com/ToTSyBunuC
— Caustic Cover Critic, not necessarily a bad person (@Unwise_Trousers) March 9, 2023
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Richard Fariña, 2 days after his only novel was published, was shredded going through a barbed-wire fence while riding as a passenger on an out-of-control motorbike doing 90mph. pic.twitter.com/MijfpaMIzE
— Caustic Cover Critic, not necessarily a bad person (@Unwise_Trousers) March 9, 2023
18.
William "Henry Root" Donaldson, found dead with his trousers around his ankles, having suffered a massive heart attack while looking at internet porn. pic.twitter.com/UlOstZmKTP
— Caustic Cover Critic, not necessarily a bad person (@Unwise_Trousers) March 9, 2023
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Evelyn Waugh, died of a heart attack while sitting on the toilet. pic.twitter.com/Uby4GEcvdd
— Caustic Cover Critic, not necessarily a bad person (@Unwise_Trousers) March 9, 2023
If you’re a budding author, please don’t let this put you off a writing career, but maybe avoid experiments with chicken and snow.
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