The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls later died from slipping on an orange peel.

His name was Bobby Leach, just the second person to go over the Niagara Falls in a custom-made barrel, following in the footsteps of Annie Taylor. Bobby made headlines not just for the daredevil performance, but also his eventual rather stupid cause of death: slipping on an orange peel

The jump over the Niagara Falls in 1911 wasn’t without risk: Mr. Leach spent the next 6 months in hospital recuperating from the injuries he sustained. These included a fractured jaw and two broken knee caps. This wasn’t his first go at stunting though, and previously had been a regular performer with the Barnum and Bailey Circus, often boasting that anything Annie could do, he could do better.
After recovery, Leach would visit the world on publicity tours, and it was while in New Zealand that he met his fate. 15 years after the Niagara Falls jump, he injured his leg after slipping on an orange peel (some say it was a banana peel). The leg became infected and had to be amputated. There was no cheating death this time though, and he died two months later from complications.