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Title: A small bit of 'famous person who died falling from a ladder' trivia here...
Post by: Tosh on March 18, 2009, 08:56:34 am
I read in the paper yesturday that George Bernard Shaw (the famous writer) fell from a ladder and died in 1950!

I bet you didn't know that!

Does anyone else know any famous people who've died falling from improper ladder use?
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Post by: p1w1 on March 18, 2009, 09:07:50 am
Didnt rod hull die falling off a ladder
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 18, 2009, 09:15:52 am
Neil Armstrong:

"One small step for man ... one giant leap for mankaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhh! Thud!"


Oh, no - he survived because Moon's gravity is less than Earth's...

And did you know the reason man cannot go back to the moon is because they cannot use ladders on the moon-lander and they cannot make space suits in hi-viz because apparently it has to be breathable and spacesuits can't be - obviously.
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Post by: chosker on March 18, 2009, 10:37:47 am
didn't the guy from 'Allo 'Allo get hit by one falling and was in hospital for a while... my Mum told me that though... and she's french so it's probably not true!
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Post by: doak on March 18, 2009, 10:42:11 am
rod hull did die from a fall from his roof    i think he was hammered and tried to do something to his aerial
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Post by: doak on March 18, 2009, 10:43:29 am
from wiki
Hull married twice and had five children. He died in March 1999, at the age of 63. Six weeks after he died, following an inquest, the East Sussex Coroner, Alan Craze, recorded a verdict of accidental death. Hull died following a fall from the roof of his home at Winchelsea, near Rye; he was attempting to adjust the TV aerial in order to get a better picture of the Inter Milan v Manchester United Champions League quarter final, 2nd leg. He fell through the adjoining greenhouse and subsequently died as a result of a massive skull fracture and chest injuries.[6]

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Post by: Justen Uff on March 18, 2009, 11:44:03 am



Kieth Richards Rolling Stone (or pirate of the carribeean) fell out of a tree and put a bit of a hole in his head didnt he.
Mind, hes been out of his tree a long time and a bigger hole in his head anyway ;D
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Post by: WCE on March 18, 2009, 12:31:13 pm
rod hull did die from a fall from his roof    i think he was hammered and tried to do something to his aerial
It was Emu - he attacked him and he fell ;D
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Post by: Pole 2 Pole on March 18, 2009, 03:34:11 pm
Spike Milligan is buried in Winchelsea. Went to his grave.........It does say "I told you i was ill" Petty it's in welsh  ::)
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Post by: poleman on March 18, 2009, 04:45:37 pm
rod hull did die from a fall from his roof    i think he was hammered and tried to do something to his aerial

Ya, he was watching a england game!
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Post by: ftp on March 18, 2009, 05:16:32 pm
I think Humpty Dumpty fell off a wall - don't know if a ladder was involved  ???
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Post by: tomy jackson on March 18, 2009, 05:46:07 pm
rod hull fell of a bludy bungerlow roof  ??? ??? ??? ???
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Post by: kenaltobelli on March 18, 2009, 05:48:47 pm
how do you know it was improper use? ;D
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Post by: chosker on March 18, 2009, 05:54:17 pm
'cos he died...?
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Post by: kenaltobelli on March 18, 2009, 06:45:30 pm
guy from here falls off ladders right a hole puts spikes in cracks of paving cement gives way
quest. 1 act of god could not be helped
           2. improper use hse violation
see what i mean is there such a thing as accidents or if someat goes wrong do you have
to get a scape goat ?
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Post by: weetot on March 18, 2009, 07:40:12 pm
Didnt Duncan Goodhew fall from ladder and lose all his hair
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Post by: clean on March 18, 2009, 07:44:34 pm
Didnt Duncan Goodhew fall from ladder and lose all his hair

He fell out of a tree when he was young,so sort of similar in away  ::)  ;)
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Post by: martinsadie on March 18, 2009, 08:06:58 pm
rod hull did die from a fall from his roof    i think he was hammered and tried to do something to his aerial

Ya, he was watching a england game!
no man utd champions league final 1999
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Post by: s.hughes on March 19, 2009, 02:06:47 pm
Dont think many famous people would get up a ladder
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Post by: tomy jackson on March 19, 2009, 02:39:19 pm
george formby did 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) so he saz
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Post by: Niall McAllister on March 19, 2009, 02:44:41 pm
didn't the guy from 'Allo 'Allo get hit by one falling and was in hospital for a while... my Mum told me that though... and she's french so it's probably not true!
during one of the big storms of the early nineties, a peice of wood was blown from a truck infront of his car, the wood pierced the windscreen of his car and then his skull :o , but it didn't kill him
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Post by: tacky on March 19, 2009, 09:18:46 pm
the guy who was putting the finishing touches to the woodon horse of troy .i think he only broke his sandel though . dont know if that counts
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Post by: Oakley Windows on March 19, 2009, 10:23:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmOmT7a8NB4