List of deaths

This article is written from the Real World point of view.

During the life of EastEnders, there have been a total of 117 deaths, ranging from natural causes to murder, disasters, accidents and suicide. Some deaths are minor characters or characters that haven't been seen but mentioned by regular characters in the programme that may be linked, for example, Charlie Slater's wife Viv Slater was mentioned but not seen, and died off-screen in 1999.

Many regular characters are killed off-screen if the actor or actress portraying them have passed away in real life. For example, John Bardon, who played the role of Jim Branning passed away in 2014, and the character was killed off-screen a few months later. Some characters aren't killed off even when the actor dies in real life (it could be some years after they departed). However, some characters are still worded as dead even after the actor who played them has died. For example, Tommy Eytle who played the flirtatious old gentlemen Tommy Eytle passed away in 2007, over ten years after he left. The character hasn't been given any reference to being dead on-screen, although Jules' date of birth states the character would now be in his 100s, so he has presumably passed away.

Historical deaths (e.g. deaths of characters' parents which occurred years before the character appeared) are not included, except in cases where the deceased character had appeared in the programme and their cause of death and a rough timeframe are known, such as Angie Watts and Felix Kawalski.

On-screen

Off-screen

See also

• List of births and pregnancies
• List of weddings