I think Tyco was Dutch. I remember reading a little blurb about "how does the other half die" which summarized the exit strategies of some of the greatest men of all time (Neo-Feminists: I mean
men in exclusion of any feminine personages, it didn't discuss any women at all).
Sir Francis Bacon: froze to death when trying to determine if ice/snow would preserve meat
Genghis Kahn: died of a nosebleed when passed out drunk after his wedding
Tycho: died when his bladder broke because he was at a dinner party when he needed to go. Evidently the dinner parties were hours long, and it was excedingly rude to get up and leave the table. Personally I think that he should have just eaten a couple of double or triple salts to soak the water back out of the bladder
Anyway, I don't know if any of the above are true, it wasn't a peer reviewed article or anything. But it does show you, even the famous can go out in a less than "glorious" way.