Thread: Pop Star Bitten By Cobra Sings On Before Dying

Dangdut is such an oversaturated musical genre in Indonesia that it’s not surprising how many artists employ gimmicks in their act to stand out from the rest. Unfortunately, dangdut singer Irma Bule’s deadly gimmick, combined with her dedication to showmanship, led to her untimely death.

On Sunday evening, the 29-year-old was performing at a village in Karawang, West Java. Irma, who’s known to dance with snakes on stage as part of her act, then brought a king cobra – still venomous and not defanged - up on stage.

“In the middle of the second song, Irma stepped on the snake’s tail. The snake then bit Irma in her thigh,” said witness Ferlando Octavion Auzura, as quoted by Merdeka yesterday.

Rather than seek immediate medical attention, Irma soldiered on and resumed singing on stage. Witnesses say she initially didn’t look too affected by the bite and even refused an antidote from the snake handler.

“The effects were felt 45 minutes after the bite. She vomited, had seizures, and her body seized,” Ferlando said.

Irma was then taken to a nearby hospital but unfortunately passed away soon after arrival.

Dangdut singer Irma Bule gets bitten by cobra on stage, keeps singing for 45 minutes before she dies | Coconuts Jakarta

Video on that link too...

so the snake was the last one to fuck her, he fucked her good and propper

^ I thought it bit her thigh...

It did, she was fucked.

Witnesses say she initially didn't look too affected by the bite and even refused an antidote from the snake handler.

Why would anyone refuse an antidote?

To be fair to her, a tough lady, she ignored the bite (somewhat foolishly as it turned out) and performed on for 45 minutes - you gotta respect that, a true performer til the end.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

and performed on for 45 minutes - you gotta respect that, a true performer til the end.

Respect, it was ignorance that did her in, not toughness. But I know what you mean.

By the looks of things, it was only a matter of time...

Snake handlers get bitten frequently. They also inject themselves with small doses of venom to build an immunity.

This unfortunate lady probably misjudged her immunity and perhaps how much the cobra injected.

Certainly not what the OP perceives as yet another opportunity to denigrate others; fail.

A real trooper,just bad luck.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

To be fair to her, a tough lady, she ignored the bite (somewhat foolishly as it turned out) and performed on for 45 minutes - you gotta respect that, a true performer til the end.

Yeah, Betty.

"The show must go on."

The way she threw those snakes around.......

Originally Posted by kingwilly

I'd say it got her smack in the pissflaps.

They never seem to take out the ones you want them to.

A pop star in Indonesia has died after being bitten by a cobra mid-performance on stage.

Irma Bule astonishingly carried on singing for a further 45 minutes before she collapsed in front of fans.

The 29-year-old is known for wearing snakes during her acts, but the cobra which she danced with on Sunday had not been defanged.

It is understood she was bitten after she stood on the snake during the gig in a village in Karawang, West Java.

Footage captured the moment the blonde singer was bitten.

Her body jerks and she momentarily stops dancing, sits down and is attended to on stage by a snake handler.

"The accident happened in the middle of the second song when Irma stepped on the snake's tail," Ferlando Octavion Auzura, who was in the audience, told local website merdeka.com.

"The snake then bit Irma on the thigh."

He said the pop star refused treatment and carried on singing before she started vomiting and collapsed.

She was taken to hospital where she was later confirmed to have died.

King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes and can be more than five metres long.

Pop Star Bitten By Cobra Sings On Before Dying

Way way late mate.. KW beat you to the scoop!!! As did CNN the Nation and the Post. Keep up the good work though.

Oops.

https://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asi...rd-2016-a.html

Never mind.

Sad really, either she didn't understand the danger or was that desperate not to damage her career.

"Snake handler" by title implies someone, who at least by a Western standard should have used his knowledge, stopped the show whether or not she refused treatment and advised her of the need for immediate treatment.

The handler of anything inherently dangerous is responsible for it.

What an idiot.

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

Oops.

No matter lots have KW on ignore so would not have seen his effort

so that's how they got their name, they're 'king lethal

Wow, they take the old showbiz adage 'the show must go on' mighty fucking serious in Indonesia !