Ali Khan Samsudin
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Ali Khan Samsudin, (1958 – 1 December 2006 in Kuala Lumpur) was known as Malaysia's "snake king". He earned the title after living with 400 cobras, for 12 hours a day for 40 days, in a small room in the early 1990s. He also earned the title of "scorpion king" after his feat of living in a glass enclosure with 6,000 scorpions for 21 days which is listed in the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records.[1]
He had a protege, Nur Malena Hassan, who has completed her own two record-breaking stunts and is now known as the "scorpion queen".[2]
[edit] Death
Ali Khan died on December 1, 2006, after being bitten by a king cobra. He is survived by his two wives and five children.
Ali Khan, as a coincidence, was killed on the same day as Robert (Bob) Clarence Irwin's third birthday. Bob was the son of Steve Irwin, who died about three months earlier.
[edit] See also
- Steve Irwin, an Australian wildlife conservationist and television personality who died in 2006 after being stung in the chest by a stingray.[3]
