Five Famous People Who Died By Drowning
The act of drowning is a terrible way to die. It is caused from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by water entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7% of all injury related deaths. Drowning itself is quick and silent, although it may be preceded by distress which is more visible. Most drownings occur in fresh water (lakes, pools, and rivers). Drownings don't usually make the news, but occasionally a famous person dies this way. If you were to ask most people about people who drowned, they might make mention of the people upon the Titanic. However, most of those people died of exposure to the cold or from blunt form trauma. The people on this list are of famous people who died by drowning. In the following cases, these drownings made worldwide news.
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Remembering The Edmund Fitzgerald – 35 Years Later
It was thirty-five years ago, today, on November 10, 1975, that the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior in a storm, never to be seen again. At the time of her disappearance, no one knew what happened to her. She was headed for Detroit, Michigan when she went down at sea with all 29 crew members. The ship would become famous because of a song called, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976), by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, which gave credence to the mystery. She was eventually found, but no bodies were ever recovered. Here are five bits of trivia about this famous lake ship that weren't covered in the song. Read more...
