Wal-Mart Worker Dies on a Very Black Friday [2] A 34-year-old temporary holiday worker died under a stampede of 2,000 discount hungry Wal-Mart shoppers [3] yesterday. Witnesses described crowds at the Long Island, NY, Wal-Mart as savages; shoppers busted down doors and cut each other in line. Other shoppers, including a pregnant woman, were rushed to the hospital.