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 containing the words sudden death, sudden and/or death:

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

    “The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.”
    —Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)

    “In the death of my son, now more than two years ago, I seem to have lost a beautiful estate,—no more. I cannot get it nearer to me.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)