I suspect this could be true of pretty much every government employee everywhere

Through Ace, I found this TaxProf story about a government official in Finland who met a rather quiet end:

A tax office official in Finland who died at his desk was not found by his colleagues for two days.
The man in his 60s died last Tuesday while checking tax returns, but no-one realised he was dead until Thursday.

I don't think I need to say anything else.