Documented cases of people who literally died laughing

Archie’s TV Laugh-Out (1969)

“Dying of laughter” is usually a figure of speech. But sometimes it’s a coroner’s report.

Death from laughter is a rare but documented phenomenon, typically caused by cardiac arrest or asphyxiation triggered by prolonged, uncontrollable laughter. Cases have been recorded from ancient Greece through to the present day.

The Greek…