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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

Off-screen

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

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