Famous author's agonising death after horrifying accident with a toothpick

Sherwood Anderson was one of America's most celebrated authors, but his life was cut short in 1941 when he accidentally swallowed a toothpick on a cruise ship to South America View 3 Images Sherwood Anderson died in bizarre circumstances

A renowned author endured excruciating pain in his final days and met a peculiar end after accidentally swallowing a toothpick on a cruise. ‌

Sherwood Anderson, a lauded American writer known for his nervous breakdown and four marriages, died in 1941 in one of the most unusual literary deaths ever documented - a tragedy so bizarre it seems like a plot from a novel. ‌

At 64, while on a leisurely cruise to South America with his fourth and last wife, calamity struck. While enjoying cocktails at a party, Anderson unknowingly swallowed a small w