<page_title> List of unusual deaths </page_title> <section_title> Renaissance </section_title> <table> <cell> George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence <col_header> Name of person </col_header> </cell> <cell> 18 February 1478 <col_header> Date of death </col_header> <row_header> George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence </row_header> </cell> <cell> George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, was allegedly executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine, apparently his own choice once he accepted he was to be killed. <col_header> Details </col_header> <row_header> George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence </row_header> </cell> </table>
George Plantagenet was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine on 18 February 1478.