Darwining oneself isn't limited to toothless rednecks who want you to hold their beer so you can watch this... plenty of smart, talented people have met their end in incredibly dumb ways as well. Here's 10 of them, in alphabetical order.
http://www.iheartchaos.com/content/10-smart-people-who-died-really-dumb-ways-more-you-know
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by cbz3000.
The story about Aeschylus is most likely apocryphal, and is more of a joke about baldness than any reflection on his intelligence.
I did notice no women on the list...?
HRE Fred: Damn, I need a drink.
Knight 1: Wait, sir! You should take off...oh. OH!
Knight 2: Hey Bill, where's the king?
Knight 1: Um...(points to the water)
Knight 2: Huh? Oh...OH!
Knight 3: Hey guys, where's the king?
Knights 1&2: (points)
Knight 3: Well, now what do we do? This whole march through the desert was his idea.
Later...
Knight 43: Did you hear about the king? He jumped into the river and drowned!
Knight 44: What with the what now?