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 ...

“But I just wanted to make sure I had white and blue ... Sporting a blue button-down shirt, a red vest, a top hat and long red and white-striped pants, Uncle Sam had perhaps the most patriotic ...