I've been on kind of a weird kick here at BuzzFeed, writing post after post about people — both regular folks and celebrities — who died in ways NONE of us would want to die. If the death was embarrassing, nightmarish, scandalous, horrifying, disturbing, or even darkly funny, I've covered it.

Today — maybe to help me get past this dark period of my life, LOL — I've compiled the most unforgettable of these stories in one place...along with a few equally unsettling new ones. Check 'em out (if you dare):

1. Garry Hoy, a lawyer in Toronto, was known for his confidence in the structural integrity of his office building's windows. On July 9, 1993, while giving a tour to a group of students, Hoy attempted to demonstrate the unbreakable nature of the floor-to-ceiling glass by throwing himself against it — a stunt he had successfully performed numerous times before. Tragically, during this demonstration, the window frame gave way, and both Hoy and the glass pane plummeted from the 24th floor, leading to his immediate death upon impact. The structural engineer Bob Greer commented on the incident, , "I don't know of any building code in the world that would allow a 160-pound man to run up against a glass window and withstand it."

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