

While the narrator claims that she instinctively refused to let her hands (which, given her career, she prized above all else) break her fall, it was clearly not a conscious decision on her part and given the angle of her body as she fell it's highly unlikely that it would have accomplished much regardless. #76: Crash-endo: A violinist meets her end when she falls down a flight of stairs and smashes her head against the wall of the stairwell.He didn't even know about his condition, and the fact that he was so nervous makes it even sadder. #72: Bowed Out: The story was about a nervous Japanese applicant who hit his prospective boss on the head while bowing, accidentally rupturing an aneurysm in his brain.

Being a Tear Jerker (and, according to the narrator, the least horrific and most awesome way to die), it's officially why it's listed as number one on the list.
