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This is a list of notable people who have died by [[choking]].

* 405 BC: [[Sophocles]] (91), [[Diodorus Siculus]] claims Sophocles choked on a grape-seed in a cup of wine.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, B. xiii. c. 14</ref>
* circa 200: [[Lucius Fabius Cilo]], [[Pliny the Elder]] claims "Chilo" perished from choking on a single hair in a draught of milk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137:book=7:chapter=54|title = Pliny the Elder, the Natural History, BOOK VII. 1 MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS., CHAP. 54. (53.)—INSTANCES OF SUDDEN DEATH. 1 We here enter upon the third division of Pliny's Natural History, which treats of Zoology, from the 7th to the 11th inclusive. Cuvier has illustrated this part by many valuable notes, which originally appeared in Lemaire's Bibliotheque Classique, 1827, and were afterwards incorporated, with some additions, by Ajasson, in his translation of Pliny, published in 1829; Ajasson is the editor of this portion of Pliny's Natural History, in Lemaire's Edition.—B.}}</ref>
* 453: [[Attila the Hun]] (47), although cause of death is disputed.
* 1065: [[Godwin, Earl of Wessex]] (~55), reported (by [[Aelred of Rievaulx]]) to have choked to death at a Winchester banquet with [[Edward the Confessor]] after asking God to witness his claimed innocence in the death of Edward's brother.<ref>[[David C. Douglas|Douglas, David C.]] (1990) ''William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England'' London: Methuen. {{ISBN|0-413-24320-6}}, pp. 412-413.</ref>
* 1946: [[Alexander Alekhine]] (53), autopsy indicates heart attack, but supposed witness claimed choking.
* 1956: [[Tommy Dorsey]] (51)
* 1957: [[Raymond Griffith]] (62)
* 1960: Air Marshal [[Subroto Mukerjee]] (49), first [[Chief of Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF), died on 8 November 1960 at [[Tokyo]] by choking on a piece of food lodged in his [[windpipe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Saga of a Soaring Legend|url=http://www.indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=294#The%20End%20of%20an%20Era|website=www.indianairforce.nic.in|publisher=IAF|accessdate=20 January 2015}}</ref>
* 1963: [[Skinnay Ennis]] (55)
* 1967: [[Jimmie Foxx]], famous [[Major League Baseball]] player, died by choking on a bone on 21 July 1967 aged 59.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Jimmie_Foxx|title=Jimmie Foxx Obituary|accessdate=2007-06-15}}</ref>
* 1970: [[Jimi Hendrix]] (27), choked on his aspirated vomit while unconscious with barbiturates.<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Tony|title=Jimi Hendrix: The Final Days|year=1997|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-7119-5238-6 |pages=172–174}}: Coroner Gavin Thurston's September 28 inquest {{cite book|last=Moskowitz|first=David|title=The Words and Music of Jimi Hendrix|publisher=Praeger|year=2010|isbn=978-0-313-37592-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzUlWk-RvfgC|access-date=December 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430102215/https://books.google.com/books?id=dzUlWk-RvfgC|archive-date=April 30, 2016|url-status=live|page=82}}: Hendrix's September 21 autopsy.</ref>
* 1971: [[T. V. Soong]] (76), former premier of [[Republic of China]]
* 1978: [[Dingle Foot]] (72), well known British politician and brother to future Labour Party Leader [[Michael Foot]] died in a Hong Kong hotel after choking on bone in a chicken sandwich.
* 1980: [[John Bonham]] (32), Led Zeppelin drummer. Bonham had consumed around 40 shots (1–1.4 litres) of 40% ABV vodka in a 24 hour period, after which he vomited and choked (a condition known as pulmonary aspiration). The finding was accidental death.
* 1980: [[Bon Scott]] (33) the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band [[AC/DC]] The official report of the coroner concluded that Scott had died of "acute alcohol poisoning (which made him choke to death on his own vomit)" and classified it as "[[Death by misadventure]]".
* 1981: [[Christy Brown]] (49)
* 2009: [[Christopher Nolan (author)|Christopher Nolan]] (43), Irish poet and author.
* 2015: [[Praful Bidwai]] (66), Indian journalist and activist, died by choking on food on 23 June 2015 at a conference in Amsterdam.<ref>[[Praful Bidwai#cite note-4]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2017}}
* 2017: American rapper [[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]] (42) of [[Mobb Deep]], died by accidental choking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/mobb-deep-rapper-prodigy-died-accidental-choking-article-1.3382073|title=Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy died of accidental choking|website=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref>
* 2024: Venezuelan olympic track cyclist [[Daniela Larreal]] (50), died by choking on food in [[Las Vegas]], on 11 August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-16 |title=Fallece en Las Vegas ciclista olímpica de Venezuela |url=https://www.diariolasamericas.com/deportes/fallece-las-vegas-ciclista-olimpica-venezuela-n5361945 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=diariolasamericas.com |language=es-US}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* Singer [[Cass Elliot]] did not die from choking on a [[ham sandwich]], as has been alleged.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-06 |title=Mama Cass 'didn't choke to death on a ham sandwich', daughter says |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68949240 |access-date=2024-06-13 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* In the [[mockumentary]] film ''[[This is Spinal Tap]]'', the band's former drummer, Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs, is said to have died after he "choked on vomit" and that "it was actually someone else’s vomit". (This is almost certainly a parody of the deaths of real-life rock stars John Bonham and Bon Scott, as cited above.)

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of people by cause of death|Choking]]
[[Category:Deaths from choking| ]]

List of choking deaths - Revision history

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