You’d be surprised at how many kingsfrom Elvis Presley to King George IIdied “on the throne.”

Death-via-toilet is the stuff of many urban legends.

But the following cases are not urban legends.

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They involve people both great and small who expired in the process of excreting.

The cause of death was listed as acute morphine poisoning resulting from an overdose.

She finally settled down with a fairly obscure actor named Harald Maresch, who impregnated her.

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Of all the cases here, this is the most disgusting.

Better to be speared in the anus than to drown in poop.

Godfrey The Hunchback: ALSO Stabbed In The Butt By Someone Hiding Under His Toilet!

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Godfrey suffered for a week before finally dying of his wounds.

No such movie exists.

Its better than being speared in the anus, but still….

10.

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In 1760 while sitting on the crapper, George strained so hard to poo that his heart exploded.

While out on work release, he murdered someone and was sentenced to life in prison.

In effect, he sentenced himself to death via the electric chair.

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Lawrence Baker: ALSO Electrocuted Himself On A Steel Toilet, This Time In A Pennsylvania Prison!

Whats with these convicts electrocuting themselves via headphones on their steel toilets?

It really makes one want to avoid a life of crime by any means necessary.

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It would be the last decision hed ever make.

His faith in God remained unhindered, though.

Simpson had been reading a biography of filmmaker Oliver Stone when he died.

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An autopsy found 28 different drugs in his body.

He died of a heart attack in a Port-A-Potty at age 56.

He was the subject of one book and three film documentaries.

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One day in 1973, he was found dead in an outhouse.