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Within Vinony's link graph, death from laughter is referenced by 222 other articles, and connects out to afterlife, apoptotic process and asphyxia.
It is catalogued under topics including Causes of death, Deaths from laughter and Laughter.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
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Chrysippus allegedly died of laughter after witnessing a donkey eating his figs. Der Tod des Dichters Pietro Aretino (The Death of the Poet Pietro Aretino) by Anselm Feuerbach
Death from laughter is a rare form of death, usually resulting from either cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, that has itself been caused by a fit of laughter. Though uncommon, death by laughter has been recorded from the times of ancient Greece to modern times.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “death from laughter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.