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Yes, it's possible to die of laughter, as in 1975, Alex Mitchell, who watched the television program, "Kung Fu Kapers" (episode: The Goodies), laughed for 25 straight minutes and then died of heart failure and exhaustion.

There are other reports of people dying from laughter. For example:

  1. In 1989, a Danish audiologist, literally died from laughter when he started laughing at the movie "A Fish Called Wanda" and his heart accelerated to 250 - 500 beats per minute (bpm). He eventually died of heart failure.
  2. King Martin of Aragon died from a mixture of laughter and indigestion.
  3. Although how Chrysippus died is a bit of a debate, he presumably fed his donkey wine, then died of laughter by watching his donkey trying to feed on figs.
  4. Pietro Aretino is said to have died of laughter by suffocation.
  5. In 2003, a Thai ice cream salesman reported to have died from laughter in his sleep. His wife was unable to wake him, and stopped breathing after two consecutive minutes of laughter. He was believed to have died from either heart failure or asphyxiation.
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