Choice Cuts: Wiki-breakdown of the Week

After the jump, I've picked my favorites from this: List of Unusual Deaths

Thanks to Royce Caitlin Abrams for the tip.

Classiest:
Name: King Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Cause of Death: "The king died on 12 February 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk."
"Augustus, save some room for later!"

Backfiredest:
Name: Sigurd "The Mighty" Eysteinsson
Cause of Death: "Máel Brigte was defeated and beheaded. Sigurd strapped the head to his saddle as a trophy, but as Sigurd rode, Máel Brigte's buck-tooth scratched his leg. The leg became inflamed and infected, and as a result Sigurd died."
Gives new meaning to "come back to bite you in the ass."

Ballerest:
Name: Marcus Licinius Crassus
Cause of Death: "Upon his arrival in the Parthian camp he was seized and killed by being forced to drink a cup of melted gold as a symbol of his thirst for riches."
Probably the only use of gold MLC would not have approved of.

Syllogomaniaest:
Name: Homer and Langley Collyer
Cause of Death: "Langley had been crawling through their newspaper tunnel to bring food to his paralyzed brother when one of his own booby traps fell down and crushed him. Homer, blind and paralyzed, starved to death several days later. The stench detected on the street had been emanating from Langley, the younger brother."
I think this one is the best fit for "unusual."  Key terms highlighted for emphasis. Great article.

Ironicest:
Name: Jean-Baptiste "Molière" Poquelin
Cause of Death: "[H]e collapsed on stage in a fit of coughing and haemorrhaging while performing in the last play he'd written, which had lavish ballets performed to the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier and which ironically was entitled Le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid). Molière insisted on completing his performance."

Le spectacle doit continuer.

Martyrest:
Name: Clement Laird Vallandigham
Cause of Death: "He was representing a defendant in a murder case for killing a man in a barroom brawl. Vallandigham wished to prove the victim had in fact killed himself while trying to draw his pistol from a pocket while rising from a kneeling position. Grabbing a pistol he believed to be unloaded, he put it in his pocket and enacted the events as he imagined them to have happened, shooting himself in the process. Vallandigham proved his point, since the defendant, Thomas McGehan, was subsequently acquitted and released from custody."
"Wow...he was right."