Death Irony

324 real-life examples of death irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of death? Submit your own example.

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  1. Is it ironic that If someone dies in their living room.

    69% ironic 10 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that A man who has played the lottery his whole life wins on his 82nd birthday and dies the next day.

    60% not ironic 10 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A firefighter dies in a fire the day before he retires.

    52% not ironic 10 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Dying of thirst, you get spines on your tongue chewing a cactus...when...

    53% not ironic 10 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A man is unaware that another man, who is helping him find information, wants to kill him.

    61% not ironic 10 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a person while filming a movie about an accidental lethal shooting.

    84% ironic 9 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that You jump from the Niagara Falls and survive, and a week later die from stepping on an orange peel and slip.

    91% ironic 9 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Someone who buys a book which tells them how to kill them selves however the book is written in Chinese, which he cannot read.

    74% not ironic 9 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A doctor died of a disease.

    61% ironic 9 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I talked about my step father which was soon to pass with my counselor and the next morning he passed.

    74% not ironic 9 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A man studying for his final firefighter's exam fell asleep, dropped a lit cigarette, and died in the subsequent fire.

    94% ironic 9 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A woman in a relationship noticed her stomach was swelling and believed she was pregnant.

    57% not ironic 9 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that My ex girlfriend's father is buried in the same mausoleum wall as my mother?

    94% not ironic 9 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Boy chokes to death on a life saver.

    52% ironic 9 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Someone supporting the death penalty to show killing is wrong.

    68% ironic 9 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A man dies from a rare condition caused by an enzyme in his kidneys exasperrated by his consumption of tea, which was suggested to him by his doctor as an alternative to drinking alcohol for health reasons.

    87% ironic 9 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that The creator of Segway died riding a Segway.

    51% ironic 9 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Being kicked out of the military for murdering people and returning home, only to be employed as a hit man.

    63% ironic 8 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Huey Newton, who as a young founder of the Black Panther Party advocated that African Americans carry guns to protect themselves against police brutality and led an armed protest march against one of the first gun-control bills in California into the state capitol, died 20 years later when he was shot down on an Oakland street by a black man half his age?

    60% ironic 8 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A hero kills all murderers to stop the murdering by them.

    80% ironic 8 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A man was killed when scattering his wifes ashes at sea.

    54% not ironic 8 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Someone posted on Facebook "Don't cry when I die or send me flowers, or fly a long way to be at my funeral, if you love me that much come and see me while I'm alive"" and didn't visit his own parents for many years, took a plane to his Dad's funeral?

    75% ironic 8 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A killer kills his first victim who's name is Mary and then meets his second victim in a bar and she's drinking a 'bloody Mary' drink?

    73% not ironic 8 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Someone is run over and killed by a hearse?

    74% ironic 8 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Isn't it ironic that when my uncle died that his brother, who refused to speak to him for 20 years, showed up at the wake in tears.

    78% not ironic 8 votes Vote →