• the head of the Iceman investigation team, from multiple sclerosis
• the man who placed the iceman in a bodybag with his bare hands, in a road accident while driving to give a lecture on the Iceman
• the man who organized helicopter transport of the Iceman out of the mountains, in a snowslide while climbing an area he knew well
• a journalist who filmed the Iceman's recovery, of a brain tumor
• the German tourist who discovered the Iceman, frozen on a mountain hike

-The Guardian: Scientist seen as latest 'victim' of Iceman