Random Famous People Who Died On Toilet (12 items)

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  (#12) Lenny Bruce

  • Dec. at 41 (1925-1966)

  Lenny Bruce was a famed stand-up comic whose career flourished in the mid-20th century. Formerly a soldier, he was discharged after claiming to be gay, then married stripper Honey Harlow. Best known for his acid tongue and biting satire, Bruce went on to become a champion of free speech.

  Bruce died at the age of 40 in 1966. He was found dead on the commode with a heroin needle stuck in his arm. 
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  (#1) Elvis Presley

  • Dec. at 42 (1935-1977)

  One of the most famous singers to ever grace an American stage, Elvis Presley shot to fame in the 1940s and 1950s when he sang, danced, and acted his way into the country's hearts. Best known for songs like "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Jailhouse Rock," the hip-gyrating star made women swoon. But during the latter part of his career, he became addicted to drugs, leading to him to an untimely demise while on the commode. 

  Elvis was going to the bathroom in his Graceland mansion on August 16, 1977, when the years of drugs he'd taken finally began to catch up with him. The King fell off the toilet next to a pool of his own vomit. Later, it was revealed that an extreme cocktail of drugs caused his passing. 
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  (#9) Don Simpson

  • Dec. at 53 (1943-1996)

  Jerry Bruckheimer, the Hollywood producer behind moves like Black Hawk Down, had a powerful ally in his longtime business partner, the energetic and passionate Don Simpson. Together, the two helped create blockbusters like Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop, but their bond suffered when Simpson became dangerously addicted to illegal prescription drugs. Simpson became reclusive and separated professionally from Bruckheimer, although he was planning a comeback in the 1990s.

  Sadly, before he was able to turn his life around, Simpson died on the toilet while reading a biography of director Oliver Stone. The official cause of death was ruled as a heart attack, likely caused by drug use.
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  (#11) Elagabalus

  • Dec. at 19 (203-222)

  A 3rd-century Roman emperor, Elagabalus was best-known for his hedonistic ways. According to the Historia Augusta, he sold imperial and military offices for cash, raped Vestal Virgins, disrespected the Roman pantheon in favor of his Syrian patron deity, and practiced human sacrifice. 

  Eventually, the army got fed up and concocted a conspiracy to depose Elagabalus. The Historia states that soldiers tracked Elagabalus down to a bathroom where he was hiding, then killed him. To show their contempt for him, they dragged his corpse through the streets of Rome and around the Circus Maximus, tossed it in the sewer, and when it wouldn't sink, tied weights to it and disposed of it in the Tiber River.
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  (#6) Evelyn Waugh

  • Dec. at 63 (1903-1966)

  Evelyn Waugh was a 20th-century British author with quite the interesting life. He dropped out of Oxford University before graduating, became an international journalist, and married a woman also named Evelyn. Also a soldier, Waugh wrote a lot about the military, which inspired his Brideshead Revisited; he also suffered from unrequited love and tons of physical ailments.

  The circumstances of Waugh's passing are a bit unclear. Some speculate he not only died on the toilet but actually drowned in it. According to reports, Waugh returned from mass and headed to the toilet. When he didn't return, his family went looking for him and found him dead on the floor. One friend said he was found with water in his lungs, though that is disputed. 

  Whether he died on it or in it, Waugh definitely collapsed in relation to the commode in 1966 and passed soon after. It was common knowledge that Waugh was in poor health and his official cause of death was determined to be heart failure. 
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  (#5) Uesugi Kenshin

  • Dec. at 48 (1530-1578)

  This 16th-century Japanese warlord was one of the most important figures of his age. Uesugi Kenshin started his ascension to fame when he saved the life of his daimyo, or feudal master, and demanded he adopt Kenshin as gratitude. In battle, Kenshin reportedly was such an effective leader that he didn't need to speak to command his troops, and communicated solely through gestures. An extraordinarily brave man well-known for his epic rivalries with other lords, he also had a great impact on Japanese military technology, transmitting the recipe for gunpowder to his armies.

  Kenshin's epic life wasn't matched by his ignominious death. Legend has it that one of his rivals sent an assassin to hide in the sewer beneath his toilet. When Kenshin went to use the commode, the killer sprang up and skewered his target with a sword or spear. 

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