Oh my!
Voodoo Doughnut Won’t Have Eating Contests for Awhile After Man Chokes to Death During One

Oregon staple Voodoo Doughnut has suspended its eating contests after a man died while attempting to eat a half-pound donut at their Denver location early Sunday morning.

Witnesses say that Travis Malouff, 42, was attempting the doughnut challenge when he began to choke. By the time authorities arrived around 1:15 a.m., Malouff had died of asphyxia, according to the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner.

Dead is dead of course, but a half pound donut does not seem especially challenging or lethal compared to some of the things featured in eating contests. As recorded in LGF pages a few years ago, one poor chap died after winning a ROACH eating contest. A commenter on the original article won the internet that day by saying that the winner had bugged out (a witticism that I immediately stole).