Probably an allergic reaction, not dying from just eating hot sauce.

"LeoS" > wrote in message
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> From the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald:
>
> Chef dies after eating 'super hot' chilli
> September 30, 2008 - 8:00AM
>
> An aspiring chef died after eating a "super hot" chilli sauce in a
> competition with his girlfriend's brother, an inquest in England has
> heard.
>
> Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend's brother to a contest on
> September 19 to see who could make and eat the hottest sauce, London's
> The Times reported.
>
> The forklift driver from Edlington, West Yorkshire in England, made a
> tomato sauce with red chillies grown by his father, but after eating
> it suffered intense discomfort and itching.
>
> Mr Lee went to bed and asked his girlfriend, Samantha Bailey, to
> scratch his back until he fell asleep.
>
> When she woke in the morning he was dead, possibly after suffering a
> heart attack, The Guardian said.
>
> Paramedics were called to the home but were unable to revive Mr Lee,
> who was lying on the floor, The Telegraph reported.
>
> Toxicology tests will be conducted to establish if he suffered a
> reaction to the food. Mr Lee was in perfect health and just passed a
> medical examination at work, the inquest heard.
>
> Mr Lee's sister, Claire Chadbourne, 29, said he took a jar of the
> sauce to his girlfriend's home and challenged her brother Michael, 29,
> to a competition to see who could eat it.
>
> "Andrew just ate the chillies with a plate of Dolmio sauce. It was not
> a proper meal because he had already eaten lamb chops and potato mash
> after work," she said.
>
> "He apparently got into bed at 2.30am and started scratching all over.
> His girlfriend ... woke up and he had gone. It is incredible. Who
> would have thought he could have died from eating chilli sauce?"
>
> She said a post-mortem examination showed no heart problems.
>
> "He loved cooking for his friends. He always said he wanted to be a
> chef but didn't want to start at the bottom."
>
> The inquest was adjourned.
>
> smh.com.au
>
> This story was found at:
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/...651028585.html