A smile on the face is what we see as the most attractive gesture. To do better, you turn to the dentist. Using dentistry skills, he or she grants you the courage to smile. Although you can take laughter and smile as gestures of a healthy life, laughing for a long time can also lead to death. This may seem very surprising to you, but this has actually happened in both early and modern history. The following are the stories of the 9 most famous deaths due to excessive laughter:

• The most famous person who died of a laughing fit was a Greek soothsayer named Calchas. During the time of the Trojan War, he was growing some vines. Another fortune teller passed by and said that Calc will never be able to drink this wine. Later, when the grapes ripened and Calc made wine from them, he also invited the other diviner. As they shared wine, the soothsayer told Calchas what he had predicted. This made Calchas laugh so much that he died.

• The other story goes back to the year 5 BC. A Greek artist named Zeuxis was painting a picture of an old woman. When she finished, she started to laugh, but she choked and died.

• In the year 3 BC, a Greek philosopher named Chrysippus died laughing because he had seen a donkey eat figs.

• The next person to die laughing is also a Greek! A person named Philemon used to write Greek comedies. One day, while he was reading one of his own jokes, he found it so funny that he laughed and finally died.

• In 1556, an Italian author, Pierto Arentino, was listening to a story his sister was telling him. As he listened to her, he found her so amusing that he experienced a fit of laughter that pushed him back in her chair, and then died of a stroke.

• Another strange story is that of the Scottish writer Sir Thomas Urquhart, who died laughing at the restoration of the throne of Charles II in 1660.

• In 1782, an English lady named Mrs. Fitzherbert went to see The Beggar’s Opera at the Durry Lane Theatre. When she saw the character ‘Polly’, she couldn’t control her laughter and left the theater. She remembered the event and experienced hysteria. Remembering the event, a few days later she died.

• In 1975, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mitchell were watching their favorite TV show, ‘The Goodie’s.’ Mr. Alex saw a scene that made him laugh for half an hour and then he experienced a heart attack. Later, his wife wrote a thank you note to ‘The Goodie’s’ for making her husband’s last moments happy.

• The most recent death is that of a Danish audiologist in 1989, named Ole Bentzen. While he was watching the movie ‘A Fish Called Wanda’, he started laughing at the John Cleese scene. He laughed so hard that his heartbeat increased from 200 to 500 beats per minute. As a result, he suffered a heart attack and died.