{"id":2582,"date":"2026-05-22T16:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/22\/dumbest-way-to-die-us-comedian-recounts-moment-her-600lb-fridge-fell-on-her\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:39:44","slug":"dumbest-way-to-die-us-comedian-recounts-moment-her-600lb-fridge-fell-on-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=2582","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dumbest way to die\u2019: US comedian recounts moment her 600lb fridge fell on her"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"1d57b4cc-5649-4379-9062-221ad571ef90\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Laura Clery with blonde hair and dark eye makeup looks directly at the camera against a yellow and blue background\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8b62f5ada20e38a10057e84e344a825690a42547\/0_169_2568_2053\/master\/2568.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"371.7464953271028\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Laura Clery at the 2017 Streamy Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on 26 September 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.<\/span> Photograph: Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"1d57b4cc-5649-4379-9062-221ad571ef90\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Laura Clery at the 2017 Streamy Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on 26 September 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.<\/span> Photograph: Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">\u2018Dumbest way to die\u2019: US comedian recounts moment her 600lb fridge fell on her<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Laura Clery says she was able to call 911 and have the fridge lifted off her by firefighters after she was pinned under it <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">US comedian Laura Clery has described how she almost died when her 600lb fridge fell on her while she was at home with her two young children and found herself pinned under the massive appliance and struggling to breathe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYnCyrqMhCM\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Instagram<\/a> post on Thursday, Clery said the experience was the \u201cmost terrifying night of my life as a single mom\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Clery said in the post \u2013 and in a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/158873602?utm_campaign=postshare_creator\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">extensive account posted to Patreon<\/a> \u2013 that she had spotted her young son, Alfie, seven, climbing on the wall-mounted fridge and seen it shift slightly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI ran over to push it back into place. I thought I\u2019d just nudge it in and move on with my day like a woman who has control over her life. The second I pushed it, it came down on me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYnCyrqMhCM\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">added<\/a>: \u201cI couldn\u2019t move. Couldn\u2019t breathe right. Was impossible to get off and I could feel myself losing consciousness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI\u2019m just there, pinned under a fridge, thinking this is the dumbest way anyone has ever died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Luckily, Clery was able to reach her phone and call for help. \u201cI genuinely didn\u2019t know if I was getting out of that alive. Thank God my phone was in my pocket and I was able to call 911,\u201d she said, adding that it took multiple firefighters to lift the fridge off her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Clery was immediately taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Clery was once married to British record producer Stephen Hilton with whom she had two children, Alfie and Poppy, five. 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