Writer Sherwood Anderson died from accidentally swallowing a toothpick at a cocktail party.

In 1941, write Sherwood Anderson accidentally swallowed a toothpick at a cocktail party. He died a few days later from peritonitis (inflammation of the inner wall of the abdomen) while traveling on an ocean liner bound for Brazil.

Writer Sherwood Anderson died from accidentally swallowing a toothpick at a cocktail party.