Top 05 Shocking Deaths In History 



  5. Joe Delaney

  Delaney was named the AFC Player of the Year in 1981 with 1,121 rushing yards. Before Priest Holmes arrived, Delaney held the Kansas City records for most yards in a season (1,121), most yards in a game (193), most consecutive 100-yard games (3) and most 100-yard games in a season. (5). He was named to the Pro Bowl as a rookie. After one contest, Hall of Famer Elvin Bethea announced, “He's the O.J. Simpson, Gale Sayers and Walter Payton, he's great with a capital G. On June 29, 1983, Delaney attended Critter's Creek, a local amusement park in Monroe, Louisiana. He warned the children not to bathe in the water well, which was created as a result of recent construction works and is not intended for recreation. After hearing the screams, Joe Delaney dove into the pond and tried to save the lives of the three children who were being sucked under the water. He wasn't a great swimmer, but he had a heart of gold. One child made it out alive, Delaney and two others drowned. Joe Delaney was truly a special person who will never be forgotten. He had all the intangibles needed to become one of the greatest NFL running backs in the history of the game.




4. Jeremy Lusk (1984-2009)

  Jeremy was born in San Diego, California and was completely fascinated by bicycles at an early age. He became a professional motocross rider at the age of 19. With his Yamaha YZ 250 of choice, Lusk made an immediate impact on the sport. This man, who had recently won numerous competitions, was reaching his true peak. In 2008, he won gold medals in freestyle motocross and top tricks at the X Games. He was also awarded the bronze medal at the 2008 Moto X World Championship. On February 7, 2009, Jeremy Lusk was killed while trying to land the Hart Attack Indian air back flip. He was competing in freestyle motocross in San Jose, Costa Rica. Lusk has done this trick successfully before, but it's quite difficult. He under-swiped the turn causing his front wheel to hit the ramp, then threw him headfirst off the bike. He suffered severe brain damage and went into cardiac and respiratory failure three days after the accident. This accident clearly shows how dangerous the sport of motocross is. New rules must be adopted to prevent such tragedies.  




3. Danny Gans (1956-2009)

    19 of the twenty-five largest hotels in the world are located on the Las Vegas Strip. This creates an incredible demand for magic shows, concerts, theater and various forms of entertainment. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox, but his baseball career ended when he tore his Achilles tendon while hitting a ground ball to an opposing player. Gans turned to the entertainment industry with small roles in Bull Durham and the CBS miniseries Sinatra. In 1995, he created a comedy show. He was billed as "The Man of Many Voices." In 2000, The Mirage Hotel built the Danny Gans Theater for him to perform nightly. He signed a 150 million dollar contract with the company. His show was truly remarkable and he was named "Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year" a record 11 consecutive times. On May 1, 2009, authorities received a phone call that Gans was having trouble breathing. Upon arrival, paramedics attempted to treat Gans, who was unresponsive, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. At the time of writing, his cause of death has not yet been released.




  2. Bruce Edwards Ivins (1946-2008)

  Ivins was a senior biodefense researcher at the US Army Institute of Infectious Disease Medicine for 18 years. On September 18, 2001, letters containing active anthrax material were sent to various news media offices and to two Democratic United States senators. In total, 5 people died and 17 people were infected. You can imagine the terror that spread across America in the days following the attacks. It was only a week after 9/11 and people were already out. Some of the only clues investigators got were two letters in the mail that said, "Here's what's next, take the penicillin now, death to America, you can't stop us and you're scared." Immediately after the attacks, government officials announced that it was a second wave of attacks by Al Qaeda. In 2002, a report came out confirming that "anthrax DNA sequenced in the US mail in 2001 contained bacteria from a US military laboratory". A major investigation was conducted, and on August 6, 2008, federal prosecutors announced that Bruce Edwards Ivins was the sole perpetrator of the crime. This puts Ivins right up there with the worst and most legendary American terrorists of all time. In July 2008, the FBI did not arrest Ivins, but notified him that he would be charged with the crimes. Two weeks later, he committed suicide by taking acetaminophen




  1. Samantha Smith (1972-1985)

  Samantha was born in Maine at a time when the Cold War was a major international issue. Major Western newspapers published many negative articles about him, eventually claiming that his leadership was a threat to peace among nations. After Time magazine published an issue with Andropov on its cover, 10-year-old Samantha Smith turned to her mother and said, “If people are so afraid of him, why isn't someone writing a letter saying they want to go to war or want to? no?" His letter was published in a Soviet newspaper, and to his surprise he soon received a reply from Andropov. A media circus ensued, and he immediately became a national celebrity in America and abroad. In 1983, he flew to Moscow with his parents and stayed as Andropov's guest for two weeks. He often held press conferences and declared to the world that the Soviets were "just like us". Their plane crashed short of the runway and he was killed on impact. He was only 13 years old. Especially in Russia, many were immediately protested by allegations of foul play.