Man dies after winning tequila-drinking contest

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The 21-year-old winner of a competition to drink the most tequila died and three other contestants were gravely ill in the hospital, officials said.

Ricardo Ivan Garcia drank more than 50 shots of tequila Sunday night at Santo Domingo's Blanc, Dance and Lounge discotheque to win the prize of $330 at a Mexican night celebration.

But he was taken ill, hospitalized and died within hours, apparently from heart failure brought on by alcohol poisoning, public prosecutor Jose Hernandez Peguero said on Monday.

Three other contestants remained in serious condition in the hospital, family members said.
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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0308TequilaDeath08-ON.html

[chicagojoe]

1. What a fuckin' moron!!!

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I think we have the first Darwin Award winner of 2005!

dumbass!

[LisaM]

3. Y'know - they should refer to him as the LOSER...

$300 or not, I wouldn't really call him the winner.

[matcom]

4. this story is soooooo last Monday

:D

[swag]

5. "Better to be king for a night

than schmuck for a lifetime."

[WilliamPitt]

6. 'Man Proves Darwin Was Right'

[VOX]

7. "Pyrrhic victory" defined

Pyrrhus inherited the throne of Epirus in Northern Greece around 306 B.C., and as a young man proved himself on the battlefield again and again. Pyrrhus apparently had great strategic skills, but he also had the reputation of not knowing when to stop. In 281, he went to Italy and defeated the Romans at Heraclea and Asculum, but suffered bitterly heavy losses. The devastation led to his famous statement, "One more such victory and I am lost" -- hence the term "Pyrrhic victory" for any victory so costly as to be ruinous.

[LibertyorDeath]

8. Dead & Embalmed all in one go.

Saving his relatives $330 in embalming fluid costs.

Ricardo was always thinking ahead.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

9. 50 shots, eh?

What a pansy!

I doubt I'd get anything more than a buzz off of that..

[DinahMoeHum]

10. Hoo boy! Too many rounds with Jose Cuervo !!

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor!

:evilgrin:

[Bunny]

11. Well, at least he went out on top.

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. Death: the ultimate victory.

[El Fuego]

13. But did he do the worm????

If he died without eating the worm, what a looooooo-ser.

Hey, it's just more evidence of Darwinism in action.

[dean_dem]

14. A contest to drink the most tequila?

Oh no, that doesn't have massive liability lawsuit written all over it.

[jswordy]

16. HEHEHEH! Great minds! I was thinking...

"OH GAWD, I can smell a huge-assed lawsuit coming!"

[jdj]

15. As Butthead would say...

dumbass.

[no name no slogan]

17. Hmmm....I wonder if he's a liver donor? (n/t)

[iconoclastNYC]

18. This has to be against the law.

How irresponsible....not just in the death but the message it sends about binge drinking.

The bar owners are going to be ruined from this.

[Renew Deal]

20. This is in the Dominican Republic.

The laws aer probably more relaxed.

[candle_bright]

19. The first and last time I had tequila

I swear I almost died. No prize money either!