Wonderful Person of the Week: George Plantagenet (AKA “Guy Who Died from Drowning in Wine”

In the last episode of Based on Nothing, Jacob went over numerous unusual deaths. Was this weird? Yes. Kind of messed up? Yes. Hilarious? Sometimes. Morbid? Yes. The point of this right now is that from that segment we did we found Mr. Plantagenet, The Man Who Played with Wine.

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, apparently committed treason to his brother Edward IV while his other brother Richard III found out. He was set for a private execution.
Being they are such sweet brothers, instead of George being beheaded they just let him request his own death and ol’ Georgy suggested he die drowning in his favorite Malmsey wine. A death that Jacob thinks is “A way to go out. Drunk and dead.”

We here at Based on Nothing dig Mr. Plantagenet and hope that he sends a message to those thinking about turning on their brothers.


Written by Spenser