Complications from a Fall - Extreme Edition

I am fascinated that in this day and age, with modern medical technology being what it is, people can fall down and die. I read the obituaries fairly regularly (it's my mother coming through, she used to read them religiously) and very often I will notice that someone has passed due to "complications from a fall."

Notably the following celebrities have left us as a result of falling:

• Kurt Vonnegut


• David Brinkley


• Katherine Graham


• Dr. Robert Atkins

But this circumstance takes the cake. Yes, it's a tragic story, but do you really want to be remembered for dying this way? (From the Washington Post, Monday October 22, 2007, p. A20, World in Brief):

New Delhi Official Dies After Monkey Attack
Wild monkeys attacked New Delhi Deputy Mayor S.S. Bajwa, who then fell from a balcony at his home and died, according to news reports. Areas of New Delhi are overrun by rhesus monkeys. Last year, the New Delhi High Court reprimanded city authorities for failing to control the animals. Devout Hindus believe monkeys are manifestations of the monkey god Hanuman and feed them bananas and peanuts.