Boonreung Buachan was a man who held the Guinness Book of World Records title for spending the most time in a container with snakes. He set the record in 1998 by staying inside a glass box with the snakes for seven days.

Buachan died on March 24, 2004 after being bitten by a cobra

Cobra

Cobra is a venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. However, not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family. The name is short for cobra capo or capa Snake, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake"...

 during his daily show in Prai Bung, Thailand. He was taken while unconscious to Prai Bung Hospital, where he died.

Buachan was afflicted with epilepsy

Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases...

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