Multiple choice general knowledge history

Alan Pinkerton died from...

  1. Blood poisoning

  2. Sniper Bullet

  3. Cancer

  4. Laughing too hard
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Explanation

Alan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, died in 1884 from blood poisoning (gangrene) after biting his tongue while falling on a sidewalk in Chicago. The infection spread and proved fatal despite medical treatment. He did not die from violence like a sniper bullet, cancer, or a trivial cause like laughing.

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