Death Irony

356 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 An activist fighting her whole life for the idea that marijuana is safer than alcohol was killed by a drunk driver?

    55% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that My ex husbands grandmother died of natural causes on my birthday? She had 364 other days to choose from.

    70% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that When a person witnesses the death of another, their life begins.

    83% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that For someone to kill and torture their lifelong friend and then miss them deeply for the rest of their life?

    63% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that When someone accused of murder gets acquitted for lack of evidence but then gets a lawyer to fire off a letter saying that posts on the internet about how they got away with murder made them feel "physically and psychologically threatened.

    53% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that I saved a man from a catastrophic accident only to have him pass away from a heart attack a few hours later.

    63% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Lone survivors of a world ending cataclysm are the cause of another worlds end?

    63% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that I nearly choked to death when I inhaled Nestle Pure Life water?

    85% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that People are nearly killed by the very people who save lives? Paramedics?

    78% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Candy Crush keeps asking me if I want to send a life to a friend that has passed away?

    88% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I was born a cancer and my father died of cancer afterwards?

    63% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Someone said that he was not going to be around tomorrow and that person died that same night.

    63% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A guy smoked 2 packs a day and drank 3 lifters of coca cola daily but his cause of death was suicide?

    88% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that " TRUE STORY"...

    60% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that People on Facebook are posting an image of a single candle flame, with the caption, "In memory of the 19 firefighters who lost their live's {sic} in Arizona.

    65% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that Your own life is saved by a plague responsible for the deaths of billions of people?

    63% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A Japanese man whose loyalty was questioned by the United States government and forced into a concentration camp in World War II was later drafted to fight for the...

    55% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that That I have to skip a presentation on happiness to attend a funeral?

    58% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Wouldn't it be ironic to die in the living room.

    78% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Somebody predicts the end of the world and then dies with everybody else before becoming famous?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that Eats a lifesaver dies.

    63% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A man is going to die tommorow of old age and the doctor tells him he has cancer and one day to live.

    50% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Someone died trying to save the person who, though he didn't know, he was trying to kill.

    63% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that You hate peanut butter and a giant vat of peanut butter falls on your head and kills you?

    63% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that The only possible means of saving someone, was by killing them.

    83% ironic 4 votes Vote →