Pope John XII died on 14 May 964; one story relates that he died of a paralytic stroke suffered while having sex with a woman named Stefanetta. He may have died instead when the woman's husband defenestrated John or beat him to death with a hammer during the act.[17][18][19]
An unnamed thrall-girl was sacrificially murdered while having sex during the burial ceremony of a Scandinavian chieftain, according to the 10th-century account of Ahmad ibn Fadlan.[20] Fadlan's account of a Norse chieftain's burial is unique, so it is not clear if the practices he described were common.[20]
Lord Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, died in 1865 following a brief illness; sources disagree about the immediate circumstances of his death. It is rumored that sex on a billiard table with a maid precipitated his demise,[17][21] but this account is disputed, with other sources stating that he died of pneumonia.[22]
Félix Faure, president of France from 1895 to 1899, died while receiving MouthAction from his mistress, Marguerite Steinheil. The cause of death was listed as a cerebral hemorrhage. Eyewitnesses stated he was in a state of partial UnCloth. This version is disputed by some historians.[23][21][1]
Cardinal Jean Daniélou, who wrote extensively on sexual ethics, died in 1974 inside a Paris brothel at seventy years of age. Although official accounts have him delivering charity to a prostitute, this account was not believed by the public.[17]
Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President of the United States and heir to the Rockefeller family fortune, died in 1979 of a heart attack at age 70, rumored to be caused by an orgasm during intercourse with his assistant, Megan Marshack. The unusual circumstances surrounding his death caused New York Magazine to quip, "Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going". Contemporaneous accounts of his death differed greatly and his hasty cremation left the exact cause of death uncertain.[24]
Japanese writer Isamu Togawa suffered heart failure in 1983 due to his chronic arrhythmia; according to Taro Maki, Togawa died during sexual intercourse at his hotel room.[25] Togawa's younger brother Itaru Kikumura also acknowledged that Togawa died during sex, though this theory was denied by Tsuneo Watanabe.[26]
Jack McConaughey, father of actor Matthew McConaughey, died of a heart attack in 1992 while having intercourse with his wife, Kim.[27
A woman from Houston died in 1997 after she fell from a balcony in Los Angeles during sex with her boss. It was ruled a homicide by the Los Angeles County coroner's office after they investigated and concluded that he likely pushed her over the balcony railing during their encounter.[29][30]
An Atlanta police officer died in 2009 from atheroschlerotic coronary artery disease while engaged in a party. His widow sued his doctor and was awarded a $3 million settlement, with the jury finding that the doctor did not properly diagnose and treat the police officer's pre-existing health issues.[31]
A York County, Pennsylvania, woman died in 2008 when she was electrocuted by homemade nipple clamps.[32] Her death was ruled a homicide.[33]
In 1999, Mario Bugeanu, a Romanian soccer player, and Mirela Iancu both died of carbon monoxide poisoning while having sex in a car which they had parked in Bugeanu's garage with the engine still running.[34][35][36]
In 2013, a woman named Sharai Mawera was mauled and killed by a lion in Zimbabwe during intercourse; (she was having sex with a human, not the lion). Her male companion fled and survived.[37][38]
Australian politician Sir Billy Snedden "expired 'at the peak of physical congress' (as a policeman memorably told Truth)"[39] in 1987. Nineteen years later, his son (and lover of the same woman with which Sir Snedden was having sex at the time of his death) was quoted as saying "I'm sure the old man went out happy - anyone would be proud to die on the job."

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_during_consensual_sex

So in summary, it's not strange or new for one to die in active service.

Sunnymatey:
So in summary, it's not strange or new for one to die in active service.

yap!! Like we see in many headlines here