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Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....

is the termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism.

Death and deceased may also refer to:

Personification

  • Angel of Death (disambiguation)
  • Death (personification)
    Death (personification)
    The concept of death as a sentient entity has existed in many societies since the beginning of history. In English, Death is often given the name Grim Reaper and, from the 15th century onwards, came to be shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood...

    , or the Grim Reaper, various depictions of Death as a sentient being
  • Death (personification), one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described in the last book of the New Testament of the Bible, called the Book of Revelation of Jesus Christ to Saint John the Evangelist at 6:1-8. The chapter tells of a "'book'/'scroll' in God's right hand that is sealed with seven seals"...

    .
  • Death (Discworld)
    Death (Discworld)
    Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series and a parody of several other personifications of death. Like most Grim Reapers, he is a black-robed skeleton usually carrying a scythe...

    , a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
  • Death (Castlevania), also referred to as the Grim Reaper, a recurrent villain from Konami's Castlevania video game series
  • Death (DC Comics)
    Death (DC Comics)
    Death is a fictional character from the DC comic book series, The Sandman . The character first appeared in The Sandman vol. 2, #8 , and was created by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg....

    , a fictional character from the DC comic book series The Sandman
  • Death (Marvel Comics)
    Death (Marvel Comics)
    Death is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain Marvel #27 Death is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain Marvel #27 Death is a fictional...

    , a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
  • A character in the television show Family Guy
  • Death, the administrator of the afterlife in the videogame Malice
  • ExDeath, the villain from the game Final Fantasy V
    Final Fantasy V
    is a medieval-fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1992 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo's Super Famicom . It has been ported with minor differences to Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Game Boy Advance...

  • Death
    Death
    Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....

    , a high level monster from the game Perfect World

Places

  • Death (place), the underworld, a place of death where departed spirits go awaiting judgment
  • Death (Old Kingdom), a fictional location in the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix

Experiences

  • Ego death
    Ego Death
    Ego death is an experience that reveals the illusory aspect of the ego, sometimes undergone by mystics, shamans, monks, psychologists, and others interested in exploring the depths of the mind....

    , the perceived loss of boundaries between self and environment
  • Near-death experience, personal experiences associated with impending death
  • Spiritual death
    Spiritual death
    In Christian theology, spiritual death is separation from God. Humans are separated from God because of sin, which entered the world through the Fall of Man, and are reconciled to God through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ....

    , death of the soul or more generally death in the afterlife
  • Soul death, the destruction of the soul

Television, film, comic books, and plays

  • "Death" (Fullmetal Alchemist), episode 50 of Fullmetal Alchemist
  • "Death" (South Park), episode 6 of South Park
  • Death (play)
    Death (play)
    Death is a play by Woody Allen. It was first published in 1975, along with God, and other short stories in Woody Allen's book Without Feathers. It is a comedic version of Eugene Ionesco's 1959 play "The Killer." His 1992 film Shadows and Fog was based on this play....

    , a play by Woody Allen
  • Comic book death
    Comic book death
    In the comic book fan community, the apparent death and subsequent return of a long-running character is often called a comic book death. While death is a serious subject, a comic book death is generally not taken seriously and is rarely permanent or meaningful...

    , the apparent death and subsequent return of a long-running character
  • Death (Family Guy), a character on Family Guy
  • Death (book)
    Death (book)
    Death - Chuck Schuldiner's lyrics is a book about the American death metal musical group Death.- Overview :Published in Iran in 2000, written and translated by a classically trained musician named Mahyar Dean who later formed the power metal act Angband...

    , a book about the death metal band, Death

Music

  • Death metal
    Death metal
    Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

    , a sub-genre of heavy metal music
  • Death (metal band), a death metal band from Orlando, Florida that helped pioneer the genre of death metal
  • Death (punk band)
    Death (punk band)
    Death was a garage rock and punk rock demo band formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1971 by the brothers Bobby , David , and Dannis Hackney. The African American trio started out as an R&B band but switched to rock after seeing an Alice Cooper show...

    , a proto-punk rock power trio from Detroit, Michigan (formed in 1971)
  • Death, a backing band for David Peel
  • "Death" (song)
    Death (song)
    "Death" is the second single by English indie rock band White Lies, released through Fiction Records. "Death" was initially released on CD and 7-inch vinyl on 22 September 2008, prior to the release of To Lose My Life... The track was then re-released on 22 June 2009 on multiple formats, as the...

    , a song by British indie rock act White Lies
  • "Death (Avenged Sevenfold song)", the original title for the song "Fiction" by Avenged Sevenfold
  • "Death", a song from Judas Priest on their 2008 album Nostradamus
    Nostradamus (album)
    - Personnel :* Rob Halford – vocals* K. K. Downing – guitars, synthesized guitars, producer* Glenn Tipton – guitars, synthesized guitars, producer* Ian Hill – bass* Scott Travis – drums* Don Airey – keyboards...

  • Deceased (band)
    Deceased (band)
    Deceased is a death/thrash metal band from Virginia, that has attained a dedicated, though cult following throughout a lengthy recording and live career. Founded in 1984, by drummer and vocalist King Fowley, the first band to sign Relapse Records, they released four full albums through the label,...

  • Dead (musician)
    Dead (musician)
    Per Yngve Ohlin , better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish black metal vocalist best known for his work with Norwegian black metal band Mayhem...

     aka Per Yngve Ohlin (1969–1991), former Mayhem vocalist

Non-fictional

  • Jason Death
    Jason Death
    Jason Death is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys, New Zealand Warriors and the South Sydney Rabbitohs as a hooker and a lock. In 1990 he was named the Canberra Raiders rookie of the year.-External links:*...

    , an Australian rugby league footballer
  • Steve Death
    Steve Death
    Stephen Victor "Steve" Death was an English football goalkeeper who played for Reading for almost the entirety of his career. Death was one of the longest-serving players to appear for Reading.- Career :...

    , a football goalkeeper

Fictional

  • Death Larson, brother of Wolf Larson in Jack London's The Sea-Wolf
    The Sea-Wolf
    The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him...

  • Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey
    Lord Peter Wimsey
    Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a bon vivant amateur sleuth in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which he solves mysteries; usually, but not always, murders...

    , protagonist in Dorothy Sayers' novels

Other uses

  • Brain death
    Brain death
    Brain death is the irreversible end of all brain activity due to total necrosis of the cerebral neurons following loss of brain oxygenation. It should not be confused with a persistent vegetative state...

    , a legal term defined as a complete and irreversible cessation of brain activity
  • Death (Tarot card)
    Death (Tarot card)
    Death is the thirteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.It is used in Tarot, tarock and tarocchi games as well as in divination.-Description:...

    , a Major Arcana tarot card
  • Death (cigarette)
    Death (cigarette)
    Death is the brand name for a cigarette introduced in the United Kingdom in 1991 by BJ Cunningham of The Enlightened Tobacco Company. The cigarette featured black packaging with a white skull and crossbones logo above their government health warning....

    , a brand of cigarettes introduced in the United Kingdom in 1991 by The Enlightened Tobacco Company

See also

  • The Dead (disambiguation)
  • Recent deaths
  • Dr. Death (disambiguation)
  • Near-death (disambiguation)
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