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Bush nearly took a nasty tumble down the stairs while exiting from Air Force One on Monday (Jul 31st, 2006).

What if he had fallen and died? I know it sounds horrible. It would have been tragic for sure, but it would also have to rank as #1 in the list of “Bizarre Endings”–at least for famous people.

This inspired me to compile a list of bizare endings–unranked.

• Mamas and Papas star, Cass Elliot met with an untimely end when she choked to death on a sandwich in 1974. (probably more true that she had a heart attack while eating said sandwich)
• The frontman of the band Chigago met the same fate as Johnny Ace by shooting and killing himself in a game of Russian Roulette in 1978. His last words were, ‘Don’t worry, it’s not loaded.’
• Sam Cooke got the wrong room in his motel, after returning from a party in 1964. The manageress, who lived in the room, felt threatened and shot him dead.
• Shortly after recording ‘Three Steps to Heaven’, Eddie Cochran was killed in a car crash in Wiltshire, England. The song became a posthumous number one single in the UK.
• The INXS frontman was found hanging in a Sydney Hotel room in 1997. There was some speculation that it was an ill-conceived sex game that went wrong rather than suicide.
• Buddy Holly, along with fellow musicians Richie Valens and the Big Bopper were all killed in the same plane crash in 1959. Apparently, they took the flight because Holly wanted to get a good nights sleep before their next gig.
• Patsy Cline’s plane crashed in 1963 on her way back to Nashville, after performing a benefit concert for the widow of disc jockey Jack Call who’d recently died in a car crash. To add to the tradegy, Country star Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash on the way to her funeral.
• Jim Morrison died in his bath tub on July 3rd, 1971. Speculations as to the cause of his death abound and their are some who even proclaim that he is still alive.
• Sonny Bono crashed into a tree while skiing.
• Jeff Buckley drowned in the Mississippi River, near Mud Island Harbor, on May 29. His body wasn’t found until June 4.

That’s enough. Tons more can be found here: http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/3-triv.html