List of people who died on the toilet

The following is a list of people who died on the toilet, where individuals have died while using a toilet facility or in the process of defecation or urination. This includes all confirmed historical figures and more modern recent notable cases of deaths.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Pre-20th Century
Date Location Name Age Description Source
Summer of 581 BC Jin, China Duke Jing of Jin (Ju) Unknown Died falling into a toilet pit. [1]
approx. 336 AD Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire Arius 80 Died from explosive gastrointestinal problems while in a public toilet [2]
30 November 1016 Oxford or London, England King Edmund II of England 26 Stabbed while defecating in a toilet. [3]
4 November 1035 Lysá nad Labem, Bohemia Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia Unknown Stabbed with a spear from under a toilet seat while defecating. [4]
Circa. 26 or 27 of February 1076 Vlaardingen, Lower Lorraine Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine Unknown Was assassinated while using a toilet. [5]
4 August 1306 Olomouc, Bohemia Wenceslaus III of Bohemia 16 Murdered with a spear while sitting in the garderobe. [6]
19 April 1578 Echigo Province, Japan Uesugi Kenshin circa. 58 Allegedly assassinated while using a toilet. [7]
25 October 1760 Kensington Palace, London, England, Great Britain George II of Great Britain 76 Collapsed shortly after attending to his close stool, possibly died of an aortic aneurysm. [8]
17 November 1796 Saint Petersburg, Russia Catherine the Great 67 Died of a stroke while attending to chamber business. [9]

20th Century
10 April 1966 Combe Florey, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Evelyn Waugh 62 Died of a heart attack after attending a Latin Mass. [10]
3 August 1966 Hollywood, California, United States Lenny Bruce 40 Died of a drug overdose [11]
22 June 1969 Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom Judy Garland 47 Overdosed on barbiturates while using a toilet. [12]
16 August 1977 Memphis, Tennessee, United States Elvis Presley 42 Cardiac arrest due to alleged drug overdose while using a toilet. [13]
19 January 1996 Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States Don Simpson 52 Drug overdose whilst in his bathroom. [14]

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21st Century
Date Location Name Age Description Source
8 March 2004 Hollywood Hills, California, United States Robert Pastorelli 49 Overdosed on morphine while on a toilet. [15]
25 June 2011 Pilton, Somerset, United Kingdom Christopher Shale 56 Died of a heart attack on a portable toilet while at Glastonbury Festival. [16]
17 May 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina Jorge Rafael Videla 87 Died of cardiac arrest in the bathroom of his cell. [17]
21 June 2019 Doha, Qatar Toufiq M. Seraj 63 Became unconscious on an airplane lavatory en route to Spain and was given emergency treatment, later was pronounced dead in Doha Airport while on transit. [18]

Deaths in fiction

See also

References
  1. Zuo Qiuming (translator James Legge). "Book VIII. Duke Cheng". Zuo Zhuan (in Chinese and English). University of Virginia. Retrieved 23 April 2012. Chapter X.
  2. Muehlberger, Ellen (6 May 2015). "The Legend of Arius' Death: Imagination, Space and Filth in Late Ancient Historiography". Past & Present. 227 (1): 3–29. doi:10.1093/pastj/gtu042.
  3. Henry of Huntingdon 2002, p. 15.
  4. Chronica Baemorum. "Kochan poslal svého kata a když onen slepec seděl na záchodě v hodině noční, vyprazdňoval břich, proklál ho ostrým oštěpem zezadu až do útrob břišních."
  5. Hay, David (2008), The military leadership of Matilda of Canossa, 1046-1115, Manchester University Press, pp. 35, 43–44.
  6. Charles Edmund Maurice, The Story of Bohemia from the Earliest Times to the Fall of National Independence in 1620 (1896), p.117
  7. Turnbull 2012, p. 32
  8. Thompson, pp. 289–290; Van der Kiste, p. 213.
  9. "The Truth About Catherine the Great | SomeWriters". 2014-04-13. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  10. Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 49889). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition
  11. Collins, Ronald; Skover, David (2002). The Trials of Lenny Bruce: The Fall and Rise of an American Icon. Sourcebooks Mediafusion. p. 340. ISBN 1-57071-986-1.
  12. citing United Press International article "Judy Took Too Many Pills" and containing a copy of Garland's death certificate.
  13. "Elvis' addiction was the perfect prescription for an early death". PBS NewsHour. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  14. Shipman, David (January 23, 1996). "Obituary: Don Simpson". independent.co.uk. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  15. "Actor Robert Pastorelli found dead in home". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  16. "PM in Commons tribute to friend". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  17. "Videla el represor que murio en un inodoro y que lidero a los presos que podrian pedir el 2x1". Big Bang News (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  18. "Sheltech MD dies 'on plane'". The Daily Star. June 22, 2019.
  19. Alexander, Bryan (7 April 2013). "'Jurassic Park': Meet 'the guy who died on the toilet'". USA Today. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  20. "Game of Thrones Viewer's Guide". viewers-guide.hbo.com. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. McGee, Ryan (14 March 2012). "South Park: "Reverse Cowgirl"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  22. Berkowitz, Joe (2019-03-03). "SNL has disrupted elder care with this excremental innovation". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-04-12.


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