10 Famous People Who Suffered Death By Irony

10. Sam Kinison Jokes About Drink Driving... Then Is Killed By A Drunk Driver

The son of a Pentecostal preacher, Sam Kinison took the fire and brimstone approach to Christianity and brought it into his standup routines, rising to fame in the mid-80s on the back of fiercely aggressive and often-hilarious insights about life.

To say he was known as a troublemaker would be putting it lightly and his sets were constantly scrutinised for their occasional misogyny or homophobia - something that Kinison occasionally claimed were simply parts of the act and didn't reflect his real-life feelings.

One of his most famous bits came during his first HBO special in 1985, where he spoke about drink driving:

"We don't WANT to drink and drive ... But there's no other way to get the f***ing CAR back to the HOUSE!! How are we supposed to get f***ing home"

By the time 1992 rolled around, Kinison was an established name and had just married his third wife Malika Souiri. Unfortunately, his story would have a tragic end.

In April of that year, Kinison was involved in a car accident that claimed his life. While Kinison was sober at the time, the driver of the other vehicle - 17-year-old Troy Pierson - was under the influence of alcohol.