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A man tragically choked to death after consuming dozens of live cockroaches during a competitive eating event, with the prize being a python. ‌

Edward Archbold, 32, from West Palm Beach, Florida, died from asphyxiation after his airway was blocked by parts of the roaches' bodies during the 2012 competition. He collapsed and began vomiting shortly after participating in the "Midnight Madness" promotional event at the Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, Florida. ‌

His girlfriend, Natasha Proffitt, revealed he had eaten bugs before and intended to gift the female python to a friend. Sarah Bernard, an entomology student at the University of Florida who attended the contest in 2012, told the Daytona Beach News Journal that the competition consisted of sev

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