2012 Event Palestinian officials plan to exhume the body of former leader Yasser Arafat to determine whether his death in Paris, 2004, was caused by poisoning 2011 Event In Bangkok, Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is hospitalized with suspected food poisoning 1986 Death Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning 1985 Death Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54 1984 Death Merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95 1975 Death Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning 1962 Death Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies of poisoning at 63 1960 Event Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning 1950 Birthday Graham Parker, musician, Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning 1929 Death Miller Huggins, manager (New York Yankees), dies from blood poisoning at 49 1856 Event Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning 1349 Event Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels, accusing them of poisoning the wells 1349 Event People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells 1348 Event Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells 1348 Event Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells