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Death of the Author (novel)
Death of the Author is Nnedi Okorafor's 2025 metafiction novel (William Morrow) about Zelu, a disabled Nigerian American writer whose hit sci-fi novel Rusted Robots escapes her control; Locus, NAACP Image Award winner, Hugo finalist.
Death of the Jingtai Emperor
The death of the Jingtai Emperor, deposed Ming emperor, came in 1457 at age 30, after Yingzong's coup restored him; illness or murder is disputed.
Death of the Prince Imperial
The death of the Prince Imperial was the killing of Napoléon Eugène Bonaparte, only son of Napoleon III, in a Zulu ambush on 1 June 1879 while serving with the British Army.
Death of Thomas Kelly
Death of Thomas Kelly: 18-year-old killed by a single unprovoked punch by Kieran Loveridge in Kings Cross, Sydney, on 7 July 2012; his manslaughter case drove NSW's one-punch law.
Death of Timur and succession of Shah Rukh
The death of Timur and succession of Shah Rukh was the 1405 to 1409 crisis in which Shah Rukh won the Timurid empire from Herat.
Death of Tina Watson
Death of Tina Watson: 26-year-old American bride who drowned on 22 October 2003 diving the Yongala wreck off Townsville, Queensland, on her honeymoon with Gabe Watson, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Australia and was acquitted of capital murder in Alabama in 2012.
Death of Tom Simpson
Tom Simpson was a British professional road racing cyclist, 1965 world champion, who died climbing Mont Ventoux on stage 13 of the 1967 Tour de France.
Death of Tsarevich Dmitry at Uglich
The death of Tsarevich Dmitry at Uglich was the fatal wounding of Ivan the Terrible's youngest son on 15 May 1591, a disputed death that fueled the Time of Troubles.
Death of Ur-Namma
The Death of Ur-Namma is a Sumerian poem on the death in battle of Ur-Namma, first king of the third dynasty of Ur, and his journey to the netherworld.
Death of Victoria Martens
Death of Victoria Martens, 10-year-old Albuquerque girl killed on her birthday, 2016; also known as the Victoria Martens case. False confession, dropped murder charges, unidentified fourth suspect, and convictions of Michelle Martens, Fabian Gonzales, and Jessica Kelley.
Death of Vincent van Gogh
Death of Vincent van Gogh: the Dutch painter, shot on 27 July 1890 near Auvers-sur-Oise, died 29 July at the Auberge Ravoux, aged 37. Long accepted as suicide; Naifeh and Smith's 2011 biography and a 2020 forensic reevaluation contest it.
Death of Wen of Sui and the succession of Yangdi
The death of Wen of Sui and the succession of Yangdi (仁寿宫变) is the disputed 604 transfer of power in which Emperor Yang succeeded his father, Emperor Wen.
Death of Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston, an American singer, died on February 11, 2012, in Beverly Hills. The cause was ruled accidental drowning, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors.
Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (5 December 1791, Vienna): the composer's fatal 15-day febrile illness at age 35; registered as miliary fever, debated as streptococcal nephritis, chronic kidney disease, or rheumatic fever; Salieri poisoning myth unfounded.
Death of Wolverine
Death of Wolverine: 2014 four-issue weekly Marvel miniseries by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven in which Logan, having lost his healing factor in the 3 Months to Die storyline, dies coated in liquid adamantium, followed by a four-year canonical absence.
Death of Xie Jin
The death of Xie Jin, the Ming Grand Secretary who compiled the Yongle Dadian, came in 1415 when he was buried in snow in prison at 47.
Death of Yang Xiu
The death of Yang Xiu (杨修之死) was the execution of the Han scholar-official Yang Xiu by Cao Cao in 219, tied to the succession struggle.
Death of Yazdegerd III at Merv
The death of Yazdegerd III at Merv (کشته شدن یزدگرد سوم در مرو) was the 651 murder of the last Sasanian king at Merv, ending his dynasty.
Death of Yohana Rodríguez
The death of Yohana Rodríguez Sierra was the killing of a 45-year-old Colombian street vendor by projectiles from a US strike near her home in El Hatillo, Venezuela, in January 2026.
Death of Yoritomo and succession crisis
The death of Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1199 removed the founder of the Kamakura shogunate; his son Yoriie succeeded, but the Hōjō family took real power as regents.
Death of Zac Brettler
Death of Zac Brettler: 19-year-old Londoner (Zac Ismailov persona) who fell from a Riverwalk balcony opposite MI6 in November 2019 after an evening with Sharma and Shamji; open 2022 inquest, no charges, subject of Keefe's London Falling.
Death of Zara Qairina Mahathir
Death of Zara Qairina Mahathir, also called the Zara Qairina case: the July 2025 death of a 13-year-old SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha student in Papar, Sabah, Malaysia, after a suspected third-floor hostel fall, followed by exhumation, autopsy, bullying charges against five teenagers, and a coroner's inquest.
Death of Zhou Yafu in prison
The death of Zhou Yafu in prison (周亚夫下狱死) was the death in custody of Zhou Yafu, Han chancellor under Emperor Jing, implicated by his son's purchase of burial armor.
Death on the Installment Plan
Death on the Installment Plan (Mort à crédit) is a 1936 novel by French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline, a prequel to Journey to the End of the Night.
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile is Agatha Christie's 1937 Hercule Poirot novel, expanded from a 1934 Parker Pyne short story, in which Linnet Doyle is murdered aboard the steamer Karnak on her Nile honeymoon, and the killers are her husband Simon and Jacqueline de Bellefort.
Death on the Nile (1978 film)
Death on the Nile (1978) is John Guillermin's Agatha Christie adaptation starring Peter Ustinov in his first of six Poirot appearances, with Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, and Maggie Smith; it won the Oscar for Best Costume Design.
Death on the Nile (2022 film)
Death on the Nile is a 2022 mystery thriller directed by Kenneth Branagh, adapted from Agatha Christie's 1937 novel and the sequel to Murder on the Orient Express (2017).
Death Parade (デス・パレード)
Death Parade (デス・パレード) is a 2015 Madhouse anime, 12 episodes on Nippon TV, created and directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa. It grew from the 2013 short Death Billiards: dead souls play games at bar Quindecim while arbiter Decim judges them to reincarnation or the void.
Death penalty (NCAA)
NCAA "death penalty": harshest sanction, suspending a sport program for repeat violators. Applied once in Division I, to SMU football in 1987; SMU also canceled 1988, and no Division I program has received it since.
Death Penalty for Terrorists Law (חוק עונש מוות למחבלים)
Israeli law of March 30, 2026 (חוק עונש מוות למחבלים) mandating death by hanging for West Bank residents convicted of terrorist murder, removing prior safeguards; passed 62-48, effective April 5, 2026.