Sudden Death

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:

    “Before my face it lays down my despairs,
    And hastes me on unto a sudden death,”
    —Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

    “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, dam’d by an earthquake, half-brother to the cholera, nearly related to the smallpox on his mother’s side!”
    —Administration in the State of Arka, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)