Ali Khan Samsudin

Ali Khan Samsudin

Ali Khan Samsudin, ( April 11 1958 – 1 December 2006 in Kuala Lumpur) was known as Malaysia's "snake king". He earned the title after living with 400 cobras, for 12 hours a day for 40 days, in a small room in the early 1990s. He also earned the title of "scorpion king" after his feat of living in a glass enclosure with 6,000 scorpions for 21 days which is listed in the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records. [See "Bite kills Malaysia 'Snake King' " [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6201292.stm] ]

He had a protege, Nur Malena Hassan, who has completed her own two record-breaking stunts and is now known as the "scorpion queen". [See "Scorpion woman ends record stunt" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3689592.stm] ]

Death

Ali Khan died on December 1, 2006, after being bitten by a king cobra. He is survived by his two wives and five children.

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