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A character dies while engaging in some activity which is thought to be the cause of death, but these turn out to be only indirectly related.
For instance, there's a Darwin Award winner who went to her neighbor for amateur liposuction surgery and died. Meatgrinder Surgery was not involved, she actually died from an overdose of anaesthetic.
Similarly, Alice has a deathly allergy to seafood and dies at the All-You-Can-Eat-Shrimp-Shack (she was run over by a drunk driver), Bob was known to be with his girlfriend when he died (it's not Death By Sex, he tripped and fell down the stairs while both were still fully clothed), etc.
Edited by Chabal2