Reports say that he was accidentally run over, by a woman who's described as either a caretaker or a friend. Whichever it was, she wasn't very good at it.
Served 34 years in the House and as Speaker for 2 of those. A distinguished service record - assuming you don't count the time he beat an aide with a hammer, stabbed her with a steak knife, slashed her throat, and then put her in his car and went to see a movie. But hey - everyone makes mistakes, right?
(d) May 6th, 2015