People who died in the bathroom
The following is a list of people who are alleged to have died in the bathroom. In the case of earlier people, the legends may be inaccurate.
Eglon, King of Moab BCE, Old Testament, murdered by Ehud (stabbed in the bowels) while relieving himself in his private chamber. Judges 3:1-31
Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome (203 - 222), murdered by the Praetorian Guard, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, in the Emperor's latrine, where the pair had gone to hide
Arius of Alexandria, founder of Arianism (256 - 336), died of a flux of his bowels, possibly as the result of poisoning
Edmund Ironside, King of England (989 - 1016), allegedly stabbed in the bowels while using the toilet
James I, King of Scotland (1394 - 1437), murdered while trying to flee through his bathroom into the sewers. A lady-in-waiting, Lady Catherine Douglas, attempted to keep the door closed to protect the King, but the killers smashed down the door and broke her arm.
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese warlord (1530 - 1568), allegedly died while sitting on the toilet
Henry III, King of France (1551 - 1589), murdered by a monk while leaving his toilet
Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (1631 - 1683), committed suicide in the Tower of London while sitting on the toilet
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1683 - 1760), died of an aortic dissection while using his toilet.
Jean-Paul Marat, French Revolutionary (1743 - 1793), stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday in his bathtub
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1729 - 1796), died of a stroke while sitting on the toilet
Reginald Heber, English bishop and hymn writer (1783 - 1826), died of an apoplectic fit while in his bath
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada (1845 - 1894), died of a heart attack in the bathtub while visiting with Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of Ahmadiyya religious movement (1835 - 1908), died of cholera in Lahore in a public toilet
The victims of George Joseph Smith, the "Brides in the Bath Murderer":
Beatrice Constance Annie, died 1912
Alice Burnham, died 1912
Margaret Elizabeth Lofty, died 1914
Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (1908 - 1944), committed suicide with Seconal, found dead on the floor of her bathroom
Maria Montez, Dominican actress (1912 - 1951), drowned in her bathtub after presumably suffering a heart attack
Tod Browning, American film director (1880 - 1962), died on the floor of friends' bathroom after having had surgery for throat cancer
Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (1922 - 1965), of an overdose of Imipramine, in the bathroom of her apartment in New York City
Lenny Bruce, American comedian (1925 - 1966), died of a morphine overdose in the bathroom of his home in Beverly Hills, California
Evelyn Waugh, English writer (1903 - 1966), died while sitting on the toilet
Vivien Leigh, British actress, (1913 - 1967), of tuberculosis, found dead on the floor of her bathroom
Charles Chaplin Jr., American actor (1925 - 1968), died of a brain embolism on the floor of his grandmother's bathroom
Albert Dekker, American character actor, (1905 - 1968), of auto-asphyxiation in his bathtub
Thomas Merton, American Trappist monk and author (1915 – 1968), died by being accidentally electrocuted in his bathtub in a hotel in Bangkok.
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (1922 - 1969), died of a drug overdose in the bathroom of her London house
Jim Morrison, American singer (1943 - 1971), died in the bathtub of his hotel in Paris, of a heart attack
Louis Kahn, Estonian-American architect (1901 - 1974), died of a heart attack in the bathroom of Pennsylvania Station in New York City
Elvis Presley, American singer (1935 - 1977), died of a heart attack in the bathroom of his home, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee
Claude François, French singer (1939 - 1978), died in of electrocution from blow-drying his hair while taking a bath.
Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sid Vicious (1958 - 1978), died of stab wounds to the stomach
Jack Nance, American actor, (1943 - 1996), died of blunt force trauma to the head, two days after being involved in a brawl, found dead on the floor of his bathroom
Don Simpson, American film producer (1943 - 1996), died of a heart attack on the toilet
Edmond Safra, international banker (1932- 1999), died in the bathroom of his penthouse apartment in Monte Carlo, Monaco, during a fire
Robert Pastorelli, American actor (1954 - 2004), alleged to have been found on the floor of his bathroom, of a heroin overdose
Domino Harvey, bounty hunter, daughter of actor Lawrence Harvey (1969 - 2005), found dead in her bathtub from an overdose of fentanyl
Eddie Guerrero, professional wrestler, (1967 - 2005), found dead in his hotel bathroom due to heart failure caused by previous years of steroid abuse.
Submitted by Justin
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