Death is natural part of life, and whilst we all would like to die with our loved ones around us and with dignity that is not always possible! In fact, some stars have died in the most bizarre and embarrassing ways. Elvis Presley took his final breaths on the lavatory, The Who bassist John Entwistle spent his final moments in a Las Vegas hotel with an exotic dancer, while Oliver Reed drank until he dropped! You'll never believe the deaths of these famous figures from history...

The late wildlife enthusiast was known across the globe as the ‘Crocodile Hunter’. Despite spending his life getting up close and personal with killer crocs, yet in an ironic twist of fate the Australian zookeeper met his demise after being stabbed in the chest by a stingray just off the Great Barrier Reef in 2006. Steve was tracking a deadly tiger shark whilst filming a new show called ‘Ocean’s Deadliest’ when he swam over the usually docile fish that mistook his shadow for a shark before plunging the deadly barb deep into his chest. Irwin's cameraman Justin Lyons said: “It went through his chest like a hot knife through butter. "It probably thought Steve's shadow was a tiger shark, who feeds on them pretty regularly, so it started to attack him. "As we're motoring back, I'm screaming at one of the other crew in the boat to put their hand over the wound, and we're saying to him things like, ‘Think of your kids, Steve, hang on, hang on, hang on.' He just sort of calmly looked up at me and said, ‘I'm dying.’ And that was the last thing he said.”

Houdini is one of the most famous magicians of all time thanks to his grand illusions and death defying stunts. The master escape artist of the late 19th century made a fortune cheating death so it’s no surprise people thought Houdini died performing one of his infamous stunts. However, the great performer actually died on Halloween 1926 from a ruptured appendix after being punched in the stomach by an over excited fan. Harry, who claimed he could withstand the hardest punches, wasn’t prepared for the onslaught which burst his appendix resulting in appendicitis. He was 52.

He is the man who revolutionised electric guitar playing in the '60s. By Hendrix was taken from us far too soon, dying on 18 September 1970 at the age of just 1970. An autopsy report concluded that Jimi died of asphyxiation on his own vomit after consuming a fatal cocktail of barbiturates prescribed for his sleeping disorder.

The ‘I Will Always Love You’ singer accidentally drowned in her bath tub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in LA a day before the Grammy Awards on 11 February 2012. A coroner report later concluded that cocaine use and heart disease had been a contributing factor in her premature passing at the age of 48.

The King of Rock and Roll died on the toilet at the age of just 42. On August 16, 1977, the King of Rock and Roll was found dead face down on his bathroom floor having fallen off the toilet. An autopsy on Elvis showed his colon was full of 30 pounds of faeces. After months of agonising constipation Elvis suffered a heart attack not because of his fat laden bacon, banana and peanut butter sandwiches but due straining whilst going to the bathroom.

The Ancient Greek tragedian is often referred to as the father of tragedy so it’s only fitting he died in the most tragic way. An oracle once told a young Aeschylus he’d die after being struck in the skull by a falling object. In order to avoid the prophecy from coming true, the playwright often spent his days outside not realising that’s where the peril lay. Aeschylus met his demise aged 77 whilst visiting Gela in Sicily in 455 BC after becoming a victim to his bald head which an eagle mistook for a rock and dropped a tortoise on. Birds have been known to use rocks to crack the shells of their prey.

The English actor reputation as a hellraiser was cemented forever when he dies in a pub at the of 61. Reed was on a break from filming scenes for Ridley Scott’s 2000 movie 'Gladiator' in Malta when he decided to visit an Irish pub where he got into a drinking contest with a group of sailors on leave. Reed suffered a heart attack after downing three bottles of Captain Morgan's Jamaica rum, eight bottles of German beer and numerous doubles of Famous Grouse at the bar on May 2, 1999. In a 1994 interview for ‘The Obituary Show’ Reed predicted that was how he would go. He said at the time “I died in a bar of a heart attack full of laughter.”

The rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle finally got the better of John Entwistle. The Who bass player was found dead in his room at the Hard Rock Hotel on June 27, 2002 after suffering a heart attack brought on by substance use and a romp with exotic dancer Alison Rouse. Alison woke up at 3am to find John "unresponsive and cold to the touch".

The Pulitzer Prize winning playwright - best known for writing a ‘Cat On a Hot Tin Roof’ - died on 25 February, 1983 after choking to death on a bottle cap from an eye drop dispenser. Williams, who was 71 at the time of his death, was found in the early hours of the morning in his suite at the Elysee Hotel off Park Ave. Chief Medical Examiner Elliot Gross said at the time: “Why it (the cap) was there, I cannot say. “It was a very rapid death. The autopsy did not reveal anything unusual in regards to a man of this age. “The cause of death is asphyxia due to obstruction of the glottis, the opening to larynx or upper air way, by a plastic overcap of the type used to cover the opening of a nasal spray or ophthalmic solution dispenser.”

Mary Stuart, known as Mary Queen of Scots is one of the most famous figure in Scottish history. The controversial queen provided enough tragedy and romance throughout her life that she’s often the subject of period dramas and has been portrayed by Hollywood actresses such as Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan and Adelaide Kane. After 19 years imprisonment for plotting to assassinate her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England, Mary was executed at Fotheringhay Castle in England on February 8 1587 by the orders of Elizabeth. But Mary’s death was a bloody affair and went anything but smoothly. The executioner delivered multiple blows with the axe after missing the target as the blade didn’t to clean through. Mary’s servant noted that her lips remained moving “a quarter of an hour” after the decapitation.