Weekend at Bernie’s

When Ian Clifton, 35, passed out at a party in Sheffield, England, his friends shaved his head and took pictures of him posed with a blow-up doll. It wasn’t until two hours later that one of the other partygoers thought to check for a pulse. There was none. “If he had been given medical treatment, his chances of survival would have been greater,” said a pathologist at the inquest, which ruled Clifton died from accidental alcohol poisoning after drinking beer and spiked punch all evening. “It is quite disturbing to think people were celebrating a birthday party in the presence of a corpse,” noted Sheffield Coroner Chris Dorries. (London Telegraph) ...Everyone else said he was the life of the party.