The Top 16 Most Ironic Celebrity Deaths 16. Charleton Heston -- Shot by an ape cleaning its semi-automatic "hunting rifle". 15. Pamela Anderson Lee -- Boobytrap. 14. Susan Lucci -- Tripped and broke her neck while running up steps to accept Emmy. 13. Barry White -- Ambushed by a squad of confused Girl Scout leaders. 12. Alanis Morissette -- Killed just after winning the lottery at age 98, in a car accident during a traffic jam on her own rainy wedding day while receiving a prepaid free ride from three women who look just like her but with worse hair. Whoa. 11. Anna Nicole Smith -- Suffocated while working out on a slant board. 10. Jenny McCarthy -- Struck by a random thought. 9. Marlon Brando -- Choked to death while eating buttered popcorn at 25th anniversary screening of "Last Tango in Paris". 8. Keith Richards -- Natural causes. 7. RuPaul -- Prostate cancer. 6. Madonna -- Exposure. 5. Al Gore -- Dutch Elm disease. 4. Keanu Reeves -- Brain tumor. 3. Marv Albert -- Hit by Victoria's Secret delivery truck outside of Carpet World. 2. Pee Wee Herman -- Died by his own hand. And the Number 1 Most Ironic Celebrity Death...... 1. Gallagher -- Killed by Smashing Pumpkins.