A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head and died onstage

Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by monksy on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:35PM (#22104336)

A British comedian did this as well.. The audience thought it was apart of the act and didn't respond for 5 minutes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cognito

Also apparently this is a thing that happens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_...

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by pansa on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:41PM (#22104355)

I was sure your link to a British comedian was going to be:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Cooper

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by tetris11 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:30AM (#22105456)

Link for the morbidly curious: https://youtu.be/HpZq3ul1ld4

Cracking jokes one second, and then quietly down the next.

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by lttlrck on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:21AM (#22104484)

Me too, I saw it live on TV - along with millions of others... everyone was in stitches because they thought it was part of the act.

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by selimthegrim on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:35AM (#22107800)

Redd Foxx as well

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by ljm on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @06:33AM (#22105991)

There's a fantastic elegy to Tommy Cooper in a hip-hop song by Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip. Just one song out of several in a fantastic record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8zi7vcnjVc

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by thorin on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:45AM (#22107302)

Or Sid James (a very famous UK comedian/actor). He died onstage in my home town

https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/night-sid-james-died-sta...

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by userbinator on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:46PM (#22104374)

Also apparently this is a thing that happens

Besides getting killed by something or someone else, it seems heart attacks are a very common cause of death while performing. I wonder if it's due to the stressful nature of the situation in general.

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by ip26 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:06AM (#22104436)

Sadly performing is also often not the healthiest lifestyle. I know my diet & exercise fall off a cliff after only even a week or two of travel.

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by k_sze on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @01:27AM (#22104718)

It's astounding, if you open the wikipedia list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_...) and make your browser highlight all occurrences of the words "heart" and "cardiac".

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Re:A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head an... by IfOnlyYouKnew on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:33AM (#22105470)

I saw john Malkovich in a play once, that involved a moment where the curtain closed halfway, lights turned on, and paramedics came onstage.

This was in Germany and they were wearing local uniforms. That made it seem rather authentic.

I remember being somewhat certain that it was an act, and there were no indication from the audience that anybody fell for it (panic, leaving, yelling "I'm a doctor").

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