https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/25/man-collapses-and-dies-after-three-weeks-on-licorice-diet/

(CNN) — The death of a 54-year-old Massachusetts construction worker has been attributed to his diet of black licorice, according to  a report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The man died in a hospital the day after he lost consciousness inside a fast-food restaurant.