It sounds like a bad joke: A Liverpool man felled by his own dirty bagpipes. But this is no Monty Python skit. After seven years spent suffering from a dry cough and worsening breathlessness, the ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. British doctors are blaming the death of a 61-year-old Liverpool man on his bagpipes, whose moist, ...

A British bagpipe player died after contracting a lethal fungal infection from his instrument, researchers say. As the experts explained, the moist interiors of wind instruments can promote the growth ...

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Listening to the bagpipes has been compared to torture. But who knew that playing them could kill you? British doctors are blaming the death of a 61-year-old Liverpool man on his bagpipes, whose moist ...