10. Death by poison inhalation
Margo Jones was a renowned theater director in Dallas, Texas. She was famous for writing stage plays – and she loved to drink. One night Margo and her friends were so drunk that they were kicked out of a party, but they decided to continue their fun at her place. While intoxicated, Margo began spreading paint all over her apartment. The next morning, professionals were called in to take care of the stains with chemicals, more specifically, with carbon tetrachloride, a colorless cleaning solvent. Margo came home to the sweet smelling clean carpet. She worked on her scripts through the night and passed out right on top of the freshly-cleaned carpet. The chemical fumes on the carpet ended up causing her kidneys to fail and she was too weak to move. She died 9 days later at a hospital after she was found barely conscious by her assistant.
