manner_of_death lucia rosa
Lucia Rosa was a girl from the 19th century who wanted to marry a poor farmer and instead was being forced by her father to marry a wealthy man she did not want . In despair , she threw herself into the Tyrrhenian Sea on the northwest side of the island of Ponza , Italy . She is viewed by some women as a martyr for women ' s rights and symbol for human rights . A beach and a group of tall rock stacks ( the ' faraglioni di Lucia Rossa ' ) are named after her , at the place where she died . A martyr ( Greek :  , " mártys ", " witness "; stem  -, " mártyr -") is somebody who suffers persecution and death for advocating , renouncing , refusing to renounce , or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party . This refusal to comply with the presented demands results in the punishment or execution of the martyr by the oppressor . Originally applied only to those who suffered for their religious beliefs , the term is now often used in connection with people imprisoned or killed for espousing a political cause . Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism . Phenomena which commonly bring about death include biological aging , predation , malnutrition , ___MASK62___ , ___MASK83___ , homicide , starvation , dehydration , and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury . Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death .