In a horror Fourth of July accident, a man dressed as Uncle Sam died after lighting a firework off his costume hat while smoking a cigarette. Allen Ray McGrew, 41, from South Carolina, was the ...

A man's death has been ruled an accident after he lit a firework off of his Uncle Sam top hat on the Fourth of July, a South Carolina coroner told USA TODAY Monday. Allen Ray McGrew, 41 ...

A South Carolina dad was seen dancing in his front yard while dressed as Uncle Sam, moments before he died ... had placed a large firework on the top hat he was wearing, before lighting it ...

He wears a colonial hat and a mischievous smile as he assaults ... he was slowly edged out by the figure we now know as Uncle Sam, originally named after a meat magnate from New York State.