Death from laughter
"Die laughing" redirects here. For other uses, see Die laughing (disambiguation).
Chrysippus allegedly died of laughter.
Der Tod des Dichters Pietro Aretino by Anselm Feuerbach.
Death from laughter refers to a rare instance of death, usually resulting from cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, caused by a fit of laughter. Instances of death by laughter have been recorded from Ancient Greece to the modern day.