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 A person who speaks against people who mistreat Earth gets hit by lightening?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that A soldier is making a doll for a village girl and the mother of the little girl hands a bomb to another soldier.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that We fight to the death to survive, but we survive only to die later?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Death is considered to be our enemy, but you have to die to get to heaven.

    70% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that When a person who dislikes dogs and especially dog feces is eaten by a dog and defecated out?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A Gang member is shot and killed,his fellow gang members celebrate his life after he's been shot and killed but not while he's alive so he can at least appreciate it.

    60% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that The only innocent person in a prison of guilty people is the one who is executed?

    65% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that We kill flowers because we think they are beautiful but we kill our selves because we think we aren't.

    65% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A well-known motivational speaker and counselor ends up committing suicide.

    60% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A person that is know for being successful and attractive; commits suicide.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A pacifist is beaten to death?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A child pretends he is the Grim Reaper (death) while trick-or-treating for Halloween only to actually end up killing his father that night while wearing the costume.

    65% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A retired firefighter died of spontaneous combustion?

    50% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A homeless man dies on the street just days before he would have inherited millions from his deceased Aunt.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Claudius accidentally kills his wife in an attempt to remain king (and wishes to remain king in part to be her husband).

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A man is sentenced to death if he is found guilty.

    55% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that SPOILERS: In the end of a Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton says the same words before he dies that are written on his father's grave.

    65% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Edison dies from getting hit by lightining?

    60% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that An adopted child with a job at a fast-food restauraunt is murdered at her job by a stranger because she didnt give the stranger the right order.

    70% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Someone goes on a killing rampage because they've lost a loved one, than later say "grim lamentation is so useless"?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that The Menendez brothers shotgunned their parents to death and then bought tickets to the James Bond film Licence to Kill for an alibi?

    60% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A person gets run over by an ambulance.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Millions of patients are kept alive at exorbitant costs, yet a small virus can wipe out, as many, in as short a period as a few months?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that The children clapped their hands to the late teacher.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that I saw this in a video, this is not supposed to be ironic, i just saw this site on a video and looked it up as a joke.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →