People who died on the toilet:

• Edmund Ironside, King of England (989-1016)
• Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese warlord (1530-1578)
• Arthur Capell, First Earl of Essex (1631-1683)
• George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1683-1760)
• Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796)
• Evelyn Waugh, English writer (1903-1966)

George Carlin said, “At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.”