Indonesian pop star bitten by cobra on stage, continues singing for 45 minutes before death

[brooklynite]

New York Daily News:

An Indonesian pop star bitten by a king cobra mid-concert died after she refused to leave the stage for medical help.

Irma Bule sang and danced for 45 minutes after the venomous viper attacked her at a Sunday concert in the West Java village of Karawang, Indonesian news site Coconuts Jakarta reported.

The 29-year-old, who is known for using snakes in her shows — though they're usually non-venomous pythons — was singing her second song of the night when she stepped on one of the cobras on stage, witnesses said.

What can we learn from this...

[KamaAina]

1. Pity. She could have had a future with Whitesnake.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. ...

[Politicalboi]

2. What can we learn from this...

The show must go on. Perhaps she didn't realize it was a poisonous snake.

[840high]

4. She thought all her snakes

were defanged. rip

[lpbk2713]

7. She must have a really tough manager.

The gig aint over till it's over.

[snooper2]

10. or maybe it shows that all pop stars aren't known for being very bright

I see a post below say she thought it didn't have fangs...

Um, soon as that motherfucking snake on a motherfucking stage sank those into her she should have figured it out.

[saturnsring]

3. snakes on a stage.... i want these mf-ing snakes off my mf-ing stage

[immoderate]

5. Don't try this at home, kids!

Also, be careful who you step on, on your way up...

--imm

[Glassunion]

6. That is so fucking punk rock!

[panader0]

8. Back in '66 or '67 I visited Bangkok with my parents. I was 16.

We took a trip to a cobra farm outside of the city and I was amazed. An enclosure of about an acre was filled with
cobras, surrounded by a moat and a short wall. A guy walked out into the enclosure over a bridge and began kicking
some of the thousands of cobras out of his way. He wore sandals. There were small (two feet) concrete domes
with handles on them, and when he lifted them, there were so many snakes inside that their mass was shaped
like the dome. He would grab one and take it near the moat, so the many tourists could see him milk the venom
from their fangs. I swear I saw him get bit more than once. Apparently immune. The farm supplied anti-venom
for most of SE Asia.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

9. If only she'd been simultaneously struck by lightning.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

12. I loved his overwrought, melodramatic voice. I can just hear him saying, "Kung Fury".

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. She died doing what she loved. It's cliche, but it seems to fit.