From the Publisher How we come into the world may be considered routine. How we leave is intensely personal. Whether we depart by choice, chance, of design, our earthly demise is the one thing we can be sure of from the moment of birth. Gathered together in this unique volume by Malcolm Forbes--whose own environment in life was legendary--are the extraordinary accounts of the final exits of 175 well-known figures spanning the past 3,000 years. From Attila the Hun, the fierce barbarian who was felled by a bloody nose, to John Jacob Astor IV, the multimillionaire who courageously went down with the Titanic, to George Washington, who survived the Revolution but surrendered to the common cold, this one-of-a-kind dictionary probes the actual circumstances surrounding the deaths of actor, political, heroes, musicians, philosophers, superstars, authors, and unforgettable personalities alike.