Legacy MattersShe laughed on her deathbed.
SHE survived brutal Nazi and Communist regimes to ultimately be brought down by a banana.
Slovenian migrant Ivanka Perko died in hospital last week in bizarre circumstances - she suffered complications after she dropped a banana on her leg.
Comical to the end, the 73-year-old old quipped to friends and family while on her deathbed: "I can't believe after all this time it was a bloody banana that killed me."
A family friend told The Saturday Daily Telegraph yesterday that Ms Perko - who was treasured by her Blue Mountains community - had been ill for several months with a condition that made her skin delicate and fine.
"She had tried to open a banana and dropped it," the friend said. "The pointy end scraped down her leg and she died from complications."
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Even her death notice revealed her strange demise, killed by a falling banana.
Friends said it was seen as an appropriate end to a unique and fruitful life.
Posted by Jill Fallon at January 23, 2006 3:19 PM | Permalink