List of deaths

During the life of EastEnders, there have been a total of 130 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 program 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

No	Name	Date/Episode	Details
1	Hassan Osman	20 June 1985	Sudden infant death syndrome
2	Andy O'Brien	14 August 1986	Struck by a lorry
3	Tom Clements	21 April 1988	Heart attack
4	Donna Ludlow	13 April 1989	Choked on her own vomit following a suicidal heroin overdose
5	Harry Osborne	20 February 1990	Natural causes
6	Gill Fowler	25 June 1992	Complications from AIDS
7	Alan Hall	8 March 1994	Blast injuries from a fire started by Phil Mitchell
8	Arthur Fowler	20 May 1996	Intracerebral hemorrhage after being bludgeoned with a lead pipe
9	Tiffany Mitchell	31 December 1998	Skull fracture after being struck by a car driven by Frank Butcher
10	Saskia Duncan	14 February 1999	Bludgeoned with an ashtray by Steve Owen
11	Ethel Skinner	7 September 2000	Suicide by drug overdose assisted by Dot Cotton
12	Ashley Cotton	14 June 2001	Crashed on a motorbike sabotaged by Nick Cotton
13	Audrey Trueman	7 September 2001	Intracerebral hemorrhage from being struck by falling debris
14	Jane Williams	11 January 2002	Ovarian cancer
15	Steve Owen	1 March 2002	Blast injury from a car explosion, caused by himself
16	Tom Banks	1 November 2002	Blast injury from an explosion during a house fire, started by Trevor Morgan
17	Trevor Morgan	1 November 2002	Blast injury from an explosion during a house fire, started by himself
18	Jamie Mitchell	25 December 2002 - Part 2	Ruptured spleen after being struck by a car driven by Martin Fowler
19	Roy Evans	17 March 2003	Heart attack
20	Jack Dalton	18 July 2003	Shot by Dennis Rickman
21	Barry Evans	1 January 2004	Head injuries after being pushed down a cliff by Janine Butcher
22	Laura Beale	30 April 2004	Cervical fracture after falling down a flight of stairs
23	David Collins	31 December 2004	Huntington's disease
	Andy Hunter	18 February 2005	Pushed off a flyover by Johnny Allen
25	Den Watts	18 February 2005	Bludgeoned with a doorstop by Chrissie Watts
26	Leo Taylor	12 August 2005	Suicide by heroin overdose
27	Nana Moon	16 December 2005	Aortic aneurysm
28	Dennis Rickman	30 December 2005	Stabbed by Danny Moon on orders from Johnny Allen
	Danny Moon	31 March 2006	Shot by Jake Moon
30	Johnny Allen	20 October 2006	Heart attack
31	Evie Brown	8 December 2006	Breast cancer
32	Pauline Fowler	25 December 2006 - Part 2	Intracerebral hemorrhage after being bludgeoned with a frying pan by Joe Macer
33	Joe Macer	26 January 2007	Fell from a window
34	Jed	9 March 2007	Bus accident
35	Stella Crawford	20 July 2007	Suicide by jumping from a roof
36	Kevin Wicks	31 December 2007	Car accident, caused by himself
37	May Wright	18 June 2008	Suicide by gas explosion
38	Wellard	15 August 2008	Euthanised after being fed chocolate by Bianca Jackson
39	Jase Dyer	28 August 2008	Stabbed by Terry Bates
40	David	19 December 2008	Heart attack
41	Danielle Jones	2 April 2009	Struck by a car driven by Janine Butcher
42	Tommy Clifford	23 April 2009	Kidney failure
43	Trina Johnson	3 September 2009	Exsanguination after being impaled on a rake by Lucas Johnson
44	Owen Turner	26 November 2009	Strangled by Lucas Johnson
4	Archie Mitchell	25 December 2009	Bludgeoned with a bust by Stacey Slater
	Bradley Branning	19 February 2010	Fell from a roof
47	Lydia Simmonds	13 June 2011	Natural causes
48	Rob Grayson	25 August 2011	Drowned during a fight with Ryan Malloy
49	Yusef Khan	26 December 2011	Building collapse during a house fire
50	Pat Evans	1 January 2012	Pancreatic cancer
51	Heather Trott	21 March 2012	Bludgeoned with a picture frame by Ben Mitchell
52	Derek Branning	25 December 2012	Heart attack
53	Michael Moon	31 October 2013	Stabbed by Janine Butcher
54	Carl White	1 January 2014	Bludgeoned with a car boot lid by Ronnie Mitchell
55	Tramp	2 October 2014	Ran over by Abi Branning
56	Emma Summerhayes	1 January 2015	Intracerebral haemorrhage after being struck by a car sabotaged by Nick Cotton and driven by Roxy Mitchell
57	Nick Cotton	13 February 2015	Respiratory failure following an impure heroin overdose
58	Cyril Bishop	19 March 2015	Cancer
59	Stan Carter	10 April 2015	Prostate cancer
60	Fatboy	24 December 2015	Crushed in a car by Ronnie Mitchell’s hitmen
61	Charlie Slater	6 January 2016	Heart attack
62	Peggy Mitchell	17 May 2016	Suicide by drug overdose
63	Margaret Midhurst	5 July 2016	Cervical fracture after being pushed off a balcony by Gavin Sullivan
64	Roxy Mitchell	1 January 2017	Drowned in a swimming pool
65	Ronnie Branning	1 January 2017	Drowned in a swimming pool
66	Sylvie Carter	30 March 2017	Electrocuted after inadvertently pulling a CD player into the bath
67	Steven Beale	8 September 2017	Cardiac arrest after a liver bleed from being pushed into a countertop by Max Branning
68	Abi Branning	19 January 2018	Life support withdrawn following brainstem death after falling from a roof
69	Shakil Kazemi	25 May 2018	Stabbed during a gang attack
70	Ray Kelly	3 January 2019 - Part 2	Shot by Hunter Owen
71	Harold Legg	15 February 2019	Pancreatic cancer
72	Hunter Owen	6 September 2019	Shot by armed police
73	Mel Owen	14 November 2019	Struck by a lorry
74	Leo King	14 February 2020	Stabbed by Whitney Dean
75	Dennis Rickman	21 February 2020	Drowned in a boat crash caused by Phil Mitchell
76	Daniel Cook	27 February 2020	Terminal cancer
77	Chantelle Atkins	18 September 2020	Impaled by a knife after being pushed onto an open dishwasher by Gray Atkins
78	Tina Carter	28 December 2020	Strangled by Gray Atkins

Off-screen

No	Name	Date/Episode	Details
1	Reg Cox	February 1985	Bludgeoned with a lead pipe by Nick Cotton
2	Stuart	26 September 1985	Leukaemia
3	Irene Holloway	18 June 1987	Lung cancer
4	Lou Beale	26 July 1988	Natural causes
5	Trevor Kellow	9 February 1989	Suicide by hanging
6	Mr Vinnicombe	23 February 1989	Killed for failing to kill Den Watts
7	Benny Bloom	12 September 1989	Natural causes
8	Charlie Cotton	9 July 1991	Lorry accident
9	Eddie Royle	10 September 1991	Stabbed by Nick Cotton
10	Mo Butcher	31 December 1992	Alzheimer's disease
11	Stephanie Watson	31 December 1992	Struck by a car driven by Pat Butcher
12	Pete Beale	9 December 1993	Staged car accident
13	Rose Chapman	9 December 1993	Staged car accident
14	Joe Wallace	28 July 1994	Complications from AIDS
15	Debbie Bates	22 June 1995	Struck by a car
16	Clive Dixon	2 October 1997	Suicide by hanging himself
17	Natasha Butcher	27 November 1997	Aborted because of spina bifida
18	Cindy Beale	5 November 1998	Pulmonary embolism during childbirth
19	Reenie Branning	8 October 1999	Pneumonia
20	Barbara Owen	26 July 2001	Heart disease
21	Harry Slater	1 February 2002	Heart attack
22	Angie Watts	8 April 2002	Cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism
23	Rosa di Marco	24 June 2002	Heart attack
24	Geoff Morton	4 March 2004	Suicide by gunshot
25	Mark Fowler	12 April 2004	Complications from AIDS
26	Vivienne Hobbs	28 June 2004	Placental abortion
27	Paul Trueman	23 December 2004	Shot by a mob-affiliated hitman on orders from Andy Hunter
28	Neil Miller	18 March 2005	Car accident
29	Sue Miller	18 March 2005	Car accident
30	Felix Kawalski	2005	Natural causes
31	Nora Swann	16 February 2006	Pneumonia
32	Margaret Wilson	1 June 2006	Fell and struck her head on a mantel
33	Cedric Lucas	13 October 2006	Pancreatic cancer
34	Frank Butcher	31 March 2008	Throat cancer
35	Jack Edwards	5 May 2010	Car accident
36	Billie Jackson	9 October 2010	Chocked on his own vomit from alcohol poisoning
	James Branning	31 December 2010	Sudden infant death syndrome
38	Siobhan	3 November 2011	Cervical cancer
39	Lorraine Stevens	22 May 2012	Pancreatitis caused by alcoholism
40	Tony King	26 July 2013	Suicide
41	Lucy Beale	18 April 2014	Bludgeoned with a jewellery box by Bobby Beale
42	Carol Hanley	February 2015	Cancer
43	Jim Branning	9 April 2015	Heart attack
44	Zaair Kazemi	28 August 2015	Stillborn
45	Joel Reynolds	28 January 2016	Speedboat accident
46	Stephanie Reynolds	28 January 2016	Speedboat accident
47	Paul Coker	18 July2016	Beaten to death by Simon Atmore and Frankie Byrne in a homophobic attack
49	Luke Browning	5 December 2017	Killed by thugs on the orders of Aidan Maguire
50	James Willmott-Brown	28 December 2017	Complications after a heart attack
51	Joyce Murray	29 March 2018	Natural causes
52	Dinah Wilson	16 May 2019	Suicide
53	Lydia Dawkins	25 September 2020	Car crash
54	Jonah Dawkins	25 September 2020	Car crash

See also

• List of births and pregnancies
• List of weddings