Sudden Death or Sudden death may refer to:
- Sudden cardiac death, natural death from cardiac causes, heralded by abrupt loss of consciousness within one hour of the onset of acute symptoms
In sports:
- Sudden death (sport), a form of competition where play ends as soon as one competitor is ahead of the others, with that competitor becoming the winner
- 1958 NFL Championship Game, nicknamed "Sudden Death" for its dramatic ending
In entertainment:
- Sudden Death (film), a 1995 American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
- "Sudden Death" (song), a 2010 song by Megadeth
- Sudden Death (music), a comedy rap group
- Sudden Death Records, a record label
- "Sudden Death," a season 1 episode of the television series Murder, She Wrote
- "Sudden Death," a song by Bathory on their 2001 album Destroyer of Worlds
Other:
- Blair's Sudden Death Sauce, a very hot sauce for food
Famous quotes related to sudden death:
“The man who would change the name of Arkansas is the original, iron-jawed, brass-mouthed, copper-bellied corpse-maker from the wilds of the Ozarks! He is the man they call Sudden Death and General Desolation! Sired by a hurricane, damd by an earthquake, half-brother to the cholera, nearly related to the smallpox on his mothers side!”
—Administration in the State of Arka, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)