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unusual facts about sudden death


Sudden Death

1958 NFL Championship Game, nicknamed "Sudden Death" for its dramatic ending


Johnstown Chiefs

The Chiefs along with the Wheeling Thunderbirds (now known as the Wheeling Nailers) played the role of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1995 film Sudden Death starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Luke Ski

He had the most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show in 2002, 2003, and 2011 with his songs "Peter Parker" featuring Sudden Death, "Stealing Like a Hobbit", and "Snoopy the Dogg" respectively.

Santos Sambajon

In 2005, He won the Skins Billiards Championship, another tournament televised on ESPN, by besting Danny Basavich in sudden death.

Worm Quartet

Worm Quartet had the #1 Most Requested Song of the Year on the Dr. Demento Show in 2004 (Great Idea For A Song) and 2005 (Inner Voice with Sudden Death).


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1983 Formula One season

Lotus would be without team founder Colin Chapman in 1983 after the legendary team boss' sudden death from a heart attack on 16 December 1982 at the age of 54.

37th New Zealand Parliament

Norman Kirk formed the third Labour Government and led the Kirk Ministry until his sudden death on 31 August 1974.

Actinobacillosis

Actinobacillus suis is an important disease of pigs of all ages and can lead to severe morbidity and sudden death.

Alexander Bezborodko

On the sudden death of Potemkin he was despatched to Jassy to prevent the peace congress there from breaking up, and succeeded, in the face of all but insuperable difficulties, in concluding a treaty exceedingly advantageous to Russia (9 January 1792).

Andrew Paul

Set in a supermarket, this was a notable programme only because it was the final television work undertaken by the distinguished British actor Leonard Rossiter prior to his sudden death.

Aretas William Young

In 1826, Young was made protector of slaves in Demerara and in 1831 was nominated to become Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island off Canada following the sudden death of Sir Murray Maxwell, who briefly held the role.

Bryan Lewis

He worked more than 1000 games at the NHL level, and was named Director of Officiating in 1989, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John McCauley.

Cardinal Lamberto

The character of Lamberto and the film's depiction of the events which lead to his murder are based upon one of the conspiracy theories surrounding the sudden death of the real-life Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani.

Chris Stroud

He lost in a sudden-death playoff to Ken Duke on the second extra hole, after chipping in from the fringe on the 72nd hole for birdie to force the playoff.

Daan van Bunge

The 2005 ICC Trophy saw the Netherlands in a four-way battle for the fifth and final 2007 World Cup qualifying spot, with the first sudden-death match against Denmark.

E. Pierce Marshall

In a February 9, 2007 interview with Fox News Channel's John Gibson, Rusty Hardin, the family's attorney, said that the family would wait until Smith's immediate affairs in the wake of her sudden death are disclosed before discussing the status of litigation.

Electoral district of Isis

Premier Jack Pizzey was the member for Isis from 1950 until his sudden death in 1968.

Frederick Pepys Cockerell

His sudden death in Paris in 1878 was followed by a funeral procession followed by the French architects Duc, Lefuel, Hardy, Pelechet, Daumet, and Vaudremer and burial at the Auteuil cemetery, Paris.

Hour of Coming

Although Pakistan had the upper hand, as luck would have it Misbah-ul-Haq got out scooping the third ball, resulting in sort of a Sudden Death for Pakistan.

Jake Roos

In 2012, Roos picked up his third victory on Tour at the Platinum Classic after he defeated Chris Swanepoel and Anthony Michael on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Jakki Degg

Degg won the Page 3 model charity special edition of BBC1's The Weakest Link, beating Leilani Dowding in the sudden death round, with her winnings going to the RSPCA.

Jeong Yak-yong

Dasan’s older brother, Jeong Yak-jong (Augustinus) was the leader of the first Catholic community and one of the first victims of the purge launched against Southerners, but especially against Catholics, in 1801, after the sudden death of King Jeongjo.

Joannes Gijsen

In Roermond, he had already been succeeded by bishop Frans Wiertz but in Reykjavik, the diocese with few priests for an enormous area, happened to have been vacant for two years, due to the rather sudden death of the American bishop, Alfred Jolson.

John Corvinus

Matthias also intended to make the recognition of John as Prince Royal of Hungary by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, in counterpart of relinquishing all or part of the conquered hereditary domains of the House of Habsburg; but his sudden death left the matter still pending, and the young prince suddenly found himself alone in the midst of enemies.

John O'Shea

O'Shea was scheduled to face Spain on 11 June 2013, in The Bronx, New York City at Yankee Stadium but was ruled out of the game over the sudden death of his uncle Jimmy O'Leary in Waterford, Ireland.

Johnny Warren

Warren favoured a merger between the Oceania and Asian confederations that would allow the OFC nations to play in a regular qualification series, instead of the sudden-death matches playoffs.

Jordan Spieth

On July 14, Spieth won the John Deere Classic in a three-way, sudden-death playoff on the fifth playoff hole against defending champion Zach Johnson and David Hearn.

Joseph Costello

In 2001, Joseph gave the commencement address at Harvey Mudd, two days after the sudden death of Douglas Adams, who had been scheduled to speak.

Julia A. Moore

Most importantly, like McGonagall, she was drawn to themes of accident, disaster, and sudden death; as has been said of A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, in her pages you can count the dead and wounded.

Julie Piers

A sudden death playoff between Piers and Laura Davies was narrowly averted when Davies sank an eight-foot par putt on the last hole of the tournament.

Khalil al-Sakakini

Sari Sakakini's sudden death of a heart attack in 1953 at the age of 39 was a devastating blow.

Lars Nilsson

Following the founder Gianfranco Ferré's sudden death on September 25, 2007, Lars Nilsson was named Creative Director of Gianfranco Ferré in September 2007, being in charge of women and men’s clothing and accessories for main and associated lines and licenses.

Lucija Zaninović

She won the bronze medal after defeating Jannet Alegría in the sudden death round of the bronze medal match.

Mark Wiebe

He defeated Bernhard Langer on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff with a par, after both players finished the tournament at nine-under-par.

Massacre of the Sixty

It was considered the sudden death of the hopes that Ethiopia's revolution, barely ten weeks old, could remain bloodless, as epitomised by the slogan "Ityopiya tikdem, yala mimin dem” — “Let Ethiopia progress, without any bloodshed”.

Merve Sevi

She was a prominent member of the show until the sudden death of co-star Barış Akarsu in a traffic accident in July 2007.

Noel Neill

She was scheduled to appear in the seventh season with co-star Jack Larson in 1960, but after the tragic and sudden death of Superman actor George Reeves, the seventh season was cancelled, officially ending the show.

Otokar Březina

Almost all of his works were created during a period of 13 years while he was working as a teacher in Nová Říše, a small town with a monastery; he regularly visited the large library to study various books by medieval philosophers, especially German and French mysticists), and thus recovered from the shock caused by the sudden death of both his parents.

Peggy Parish

The series was continued, after her sudden death from an aneurysm, by her nephew Herman Parish.

Rilana Erades

Erades qualified for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship as the stand-by qualifier where she defeated number 3 seed Julie Gore in the quarter finals via a sudden death leg before losing to Francis Hoenselaar in the semis.

Ruth Jessen

Two of these were an 18-hole playoff lose at the 1962 Titleholders Championship and a sudden death playoff lose at the 1964 U.S. Women's Open, both to Mickey Wright.

Saigō Takamori

However, Saigō’s activity in Edo came to an abrupt end with the Ansei Purge by Tairo Ii Naosuke against anti-Shogunal activities, and the sudden death of Shimazu Nariakira.

Sheriff Robinson

He would spend the next decade as a scout for the Mets, except for the 1972 season, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy on the coaching staff left by Yogi Berra's promotion to manager following the sudden death of Gil Hodges.

Sudden Death Records

Sudden Death Records arrived in Canada's burgeoning punk scene in 1978.

Taiyabi

At present the largest Taiyabi-descended faction, the Dawoodi Bohra Dawa is headed by 53rd dai Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin who has been appointed after the sudden death of 52nd Dai Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.

The Eyes of the Tiger

Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring’s treasure gleamed in the Swiss bank vault…hair-triggered for sudden death to Nick Carter!

The Glass Ballerina

He shows this by citing various current events, such as the re-election of George W. Bush to the American presidency, the sudden death of Christopher Reeve and that the Boston Red Sox have won the 2004 World Series.

Venkata Rayar

He became Diwan in 1856 on the sudden death of the then Diwan, T. Sankara Warrier.

Xiang River goddesses

Upon his sudden death during this journey, in the "Wilderness of Cangwu", near the headwaters of the Xiang River in the Jiuyi Mountains, both of his wives rushed from home to his body (or, in another version, to look for it, but were unable to find it), and then they wept by the river for days: their copious tears falling upon the bamboos by the river, stained them permanently with their spots.

Xu Yinsheng

He was president of the International Table Tennis Federation from 1995, following the sudden death of Sven-Olof Hammarlund, till 1999, when he was succeeded by the Canadian Adham Sharara.

Yo Kan

They lost the semi-final match to the German team (led by Dimitrij Ovtcharov), with a sudden death set score of 2–3, but offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the play-offs.