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The tale of Chrysippus, and the oldest recorded account of an (alleged) death from laughter.
Here’s the relevant part:
He died during the 143rd Olympiad (208–204 BC) at the age of 73. Diogenes Laërtius gives two different accounts of his death. […] In the second account, he was watching a donkey eat some figs and cried out: “Now give the donkey a drink of pure wine to wash down the figs”, whereupon he died in a fit of laughter.
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