“Death from Laughter” is recorded as a genuine cause of death throughout the history in England. A man known to have died due to laughing for 25 long minutes watching “The goodies”. His widow wrote a letter to the show to thank them for making his last moments of life pleasant.
“Death from Laughter” is recorded as a genuine cause of death throughout the history in England. A man known to have died due to laughing for 25 long minutes watching “The goodies”. His widow wrote a letter to the show to thank them for making his last moments of life pleasant.
Alex Mitchell
After watching, Alex Mitchell slumped on a sofa and died of heart failure on March 24, 1975.
A diagnosis of his granddaughter in 2012 showed evidence of inheritable long QT syndrome or abnormality in heart rhythm. This suggests that the same condition may have taken Alex Mitchell’s life.
