Pop singer bitten by cobra, keeps singing for 45 minutes, dies in hospital
First posted: Thursday, April 07, 2016 03:48 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, April 07, 2016 04:45 PM EDT
Irma Bule. (YouTube Screenshot)
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An Indonesian pop singer who was bitten by a cobra in the middle of her show kept singing for another 45 minutes before collapsing on stage, according to local media.
Irma Bule, 29, died in hospital the next day.
Bule, known for using snakes in her act, accidentally stepped on the king cobra during her show Sunday night in West Java, according to Indonesian news site Coconuts Jakarta.
An amateur video posted online shows a snake handler remove the snake after the attack, as Bule continued the show.
She reportedly thought the cobra was defanged.
