The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “Ten historical figures who passed in the weirdest ways.”
- Did Bobby Leach Survive Niagara Falls, Only To Die After Slipping on Orange Peel?
- Inquest: Segway boss who died in scooter river plunge was probably trying to avoid dog
- Louis XII: Medieval King or Renaissance Monarch?
- The ghost of a chicken: Francis Bacon, faith and scientific method
- Tenor Fatally Stricken at the Met
- Former Electric Light Orchestra Cellist Mike Edwards Dies in Freak Hay Bale Accident
- Catheters and the Constitution: The Legacy of Founding Father Gouverneur Morris
- The Strange, Sudden Death of the Author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
- Leslie Harvey: the onstage death that changed music history
- Steve Peregrin Took: Choked on a Cocktail Cherry
