An opinion on what to include in the article In my opinion responding to DavidWBrooks thoughts since this list is short enough anyway I think both can be included Perhaps a statement should be added to the top of the article to clearly define this article We know death by pneumonia is quite common but in the way it happened to U S President W H Harrison and the fact he was a famous person in history merits a mention in my opinion Technically by definition of unusual death i e cause of death being very uncommon or rare W H Harrison should not be mentioned Being struck and killed by lightning is very rare cause of death so this would qualify by definition of unusual death My opinions summarized 1 We include deaths from famous people where very unusual circumstances contributed to death although the death itself may be quite common e g W H Harrison 2 We include deaths of noteworthy people where the death itself was very unusual even though the circumstances that contributed to death perhaps were not I would however omit any deaths due to rare medical conditions