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 and/or death:
“I have, as when the sun doth light a storm,
Buried this sigh in wrinkle of a smile;
But sorrow that is couched in seeming gladness
Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Consider his life which was valueless
In terms of employment, hotel ledgers, news files.
Consider. One bullet in ten thousand kills a man.
Ask. Was so much expenditure justified
On the death of one so young and so silly
Lying under the olive tree, O world, O death?”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)