During the life of EastEnders, there have been a total of 119 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
No | Name | Date/Episode | Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hassan Osman | 20th June 1985 | Sudden infant death syndrome |
2 | Andy O'Brien | 14th August 1986 | Struck by a lorry |
3 | Tom Clements | 21st April 1988 | Heart attack |
4 | Donna Ludlow | 13th April 1989 | Choked on her own vomit following a suicidal heroin overdose |
5 | Harry Osborne | 20th February 1990 | Natural causes |
6 | Gill Fowler | 25th June 1992 | Complications from AIDS |
7 | Alan Hall | 8th March 1994 | Blast injuries from a fire started by Phil Mitchell |
8 | Arthur Fowler | 20th May 1996 | Intracerebral hemorrhage after being bludgeoned with a lead pipe |
9 | Tiffany Mitchell | 31st December 1998 | Skull fracture after being struck by a car driven by Frank Butcher |
10 | Saskia Duncan | 14th February 1999 | Bludgeoned with an ashtray by Steve Owen |
11 | Ethel Skinner | 7th September 2000 | Suicide by drug overdose assisted by Dot Cotton |
12 | Ashley Cotton | 14th June 2001 | Crashed on a motorbike sabotaged by Nick Cotton |
13 | Audrey Trueman | 7th September 2001 | Intracerebral hemorrhage from being struck by falling debris |
14 | Jane Williams | 11th January 2002 | Ovarian cancer |
15 | Steve Owen | 1st March 2002 | Blast injury from a car explosion, caused by himself |
16 | Tom Banks | 1st November 2002 | Blast injury from an explosion during a house fire, started by Trevor Morgan |
17 | Trevor Morgan | 1st November 2002 | Blast injury from an explosion during a house fire, started by himself |
18 | Jamie Mitchell | 25th December 2002 | Ruptured spleen after being struck by a car driven by Martin Fowler |
19 | Roy Evans | 17th March 2003 | Heart attack |
20 | Jack Dalton | 18th July 2003 | Shot by Dennis Rickman |
21 | Barry Evans | 1st January 2004 | Head injuries after being pushed down a cliff by Janine Butcher |
22 | Laura Beale | 30th April 2004 | Cervical fracture after falling down a flight of stairs |
23 | David Collins | 31st December 2004 | Huntington's disease |
24 | Andy Hunter | 18th February 2005 | Pushed off a flyover by Johnny Allen |
25 | Den Watts | 18th February 2005 | Bludgeoned with a doorstop by Chrissie Watts |
26 | Leo Taylor | 12th August 2005 | Suicide by heroin overdose |
27 | Nana Moon | 16th December 2005 | Aortic aneurysm |
28 | Dennis Rickman | 30th December 2005 | Stabbed by Danny Moon on orders from Johnny Allen |
29 | Danny Moon | 31st March 2006 | Shot by Jake Moon |
30 | Johnny Allen | 20th October 2006 | Heart attack |
31 | Evie Brown | 8th December 2006 | Breast cancer |
32 | Pauline Fowler | 25th December 2006 | Intracerebral hemorrhage after being bludgeoned with a frying pan by Joe Macer |
33 | Joe Macer | 26th January 2007 | Fell from a window |
34 | Jed | 9th March 2007 | Bus accident |
35 | Stella Crawford | 20th July 2007 | Suicide by jumping from a roof |
36 | Kevin Wicks | 31st December 2007 | Car accident, caused by himself |
37 | May Wright | 18th June 2008 | Suicide by gas explosion |
38 | Jase Dyer | 28th August 2008 | Stabbed by Terry Bates |
39 | David | 19th December 2008 | Heart attack |
40 | Danielle Jones | 2nd April 2009 | Struck by a car driven by Janine Butcher |
41 | Tommy Clifford | 23rd April 2009 | Kidney failure |
42 | Trina Johnson | 3rd September 2009 | Exsanguination after being impaled on a rake by Lucas Johnson |
43 | Owen Turner | 26th November 2009 | Strangled by Lucas Johnson |
44 | Archie Mitchell | 25th December 2009 | Bludgeoned with a bust by Stacey Slater |
45 | Bradley Branning | 19th February 2010 | Fell from a roof |
46 | Lydia Simmonds | 13th June 2011 | Natural causes |
47 | Rob Grayson | 25th August 2011 | Drowned during a fight with Ryan Malloy |
48 | Yusef Khan | 26th December 2011 | Building collapse during a house fire |
49 | Pat Evans | 1st January 2012 | Pancreatic cancer |
50 | Heather Trott | 21st March 2012 | Bludgeoned with a picture frame by Ben Mitchell |
51 | Derek Branning | 25th December 2012 | Heart attack |
52 | Michael Moon | 31st October 2013 | Stabbed by Janine Butcher |
53 | Carl White | 1st January 2014 | Bludgeoned with a car boot lid by Ronnie Mitchell |
54 | Emma Summerhayes | 1st January 2015 | Intracerebral hemorrhage after being struck by a car sabotaged by Nick Cotton and driven by Roxy Mitchell |
55 | Nick Cotton | 13th February 2015 | Respiratory failure following an impure heroin overdose |
56 | Cyril Bishop | 19th March 2015 | Cancer |
57 | Stan Carter | 10th April 2015 | Prostate cancer |
58 | Fatboy | 25th December 2015 | Crushed in a car by Ronnie Mitchell’s hitmen |
59 | Charlie Slater | 6th January 2016 | Heart attack |
60 | Peggy Mitchell | 17th May 2016 | Suicide by drug overdose |
61 | Margaret Midhurst | 5th July 2016 | Cervical fracture after being pushed off a balcony by Gavin Sullivan |
62 | Roxy Mitchell | 1st January 2017 | Drowned following a cardiac arrest caused by cold shock response |
63 | Ronnie Branning | 1st January 2017 | Drowned after being weighed down by her wedding dress |
64 | Steven Beale | 8th September 2017 | Cardiac arrest after a liver bleed from being pushed into a countertop by Max Branning |
65 | Abi Branning | 19th January 2018 | Life support switched off following brainstem death after falling from a roof |
66 | Shakil Kazemi | 25th May 2018 | Stabbed during a gang attack |
67 | Ray Kelly | 3rd January 2019 | Shot by Hunter Owen |
68 | Harold Legg | 15th February 2019 | Pancreatic cancer |
69 | Hunter Owen | 6th September 2019 | Shot by armed police |
70 | Mel Owen | 14th November 2019 | Hit by Truck after hearing her deceased son's name called out |