'Snake charmer' fatally bitten during viper demo

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 14:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Dieter Zorn, 53, and originally from Germany, died from a heart attack on Tuesday evening, just minutes after being bitten by an Aspic viper, during his ‘Reptile Show’ in Faugères, southern France. He had been touring villages in the Hérault departmen …

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