List of choking deaths

This is a list of notable people who have died by choking.

• 453: Attila the Hun (47), although cause of death is disputed.
• 1946: Alexander Alekhine (53), autopsy indicates heart attack, but supposed witness claimed choking.
• 1956: Tommy Dorsey (51)
• 1957: Raymond Griffith (62)
• 1960: Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee (49), first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), died on 8 November 1960 at Tokyo by choking on a piece of food lodged in his windpipe.[1]
• 1963: Skinnay Ennis (55)
• 1967: Jimmie Foxx, famous Major League Baseball player, died by choking on a bone on 21 July 1967 aged 59.[2]
• 1971: T. V. Soong (76), former premier of Republic of China
• 1978: Dingle Foot (72), well known British politician and brother to future Labour Party Leader Michael Foot died in a Hong Kong hotel after choking on bone in a chicken sandwich.
• 1981: Christy Brown (49)
• 1983: Tennessee Williams, playwright, reportedly died after choking on a bottle cap on 25 February 1983 aged 71.[3]
• 2009: Christopher Nolan (43)
• 2015: Praful Bidwai (66), Indian journalist and activist, died by choking on food on 23 June 2015 at a conference in Amsterdam.[4]
• 2017: American rapper Prodigy (42) of Mobb Deep, died by accidental choking.[5]