Have you heard the name - Isadora Duncan? The “Mother of Dance”
14 September, 1927 somewhere on the French Riviera (coastline), Isadora met a young man sitting in an open-air Bugatti sports car.
Being a forthright person, Isadora asked him to take her for a spin.
Miss Duncan was wearing an immense iridescent silk scarf wrapped about her neck and streaming in long folds, part of which was swathed about her body with part trailing behind.
Neither she nor the driver noticed that one of the loose ends fell over the side of the car and was caught in the rear wheel.
The automobile was going at full speed when the scarf of strong silk suddenly began winding around the wheel and with terrific force dragged Miss Duncan, around whom it was securely wrapped, bodily over the side of the car.
Isadora’s neck was broken and she died instantly.
There was a film about her life starring Vanessa Redgrave (from memory) I forget the name of the film but doubtless a quick google will reveal it
Being a wet Wednesday I looked it up , it was called Isadora and was made in 1968
Bret, I think you are confusing a sad death with an early death, but, it you live by the “Arty” sword, there is a good chance you will die by it.
Oh my gosh… I remember that. I had totally forgotten though, until you posted that!
Is there an incredibly happy way to die?
a couple of ways comes to mind
Behave Mac…
I never knew that before … it’s a fluke if I ever heard of one but not a bad way to go. Quick.
Here’s one way you could pass your time…
Les Stewart from Australia typed all the numbers from one to one million, in words, not numbers, on a manual typewriter. It took him 16 years 7 months and he used 1,000 ink ribbons and wrote 19,890 pages.
I wonder who checked that he’d not missed a number out, nor made a spelling mistake. 
Another bad luck famous one was Brandon Lee ,shot by a prop gun.
Norris McWhirter?