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The following is a list of deaths for the HBO television series, Six Feet Under. Almost all episodes started with a person dying followed by a white screen with the name of the person along with his or her date of birth and death. Exceptions and variations are noted below.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Season 1 (2001)
# |
Deceased |
Born |
Died |
Cause of Death |
Portrayed by: |
Episode Title |
1 |
Nathaniel Samuel Fisher |
1943 |
2000 |
accident while driving a hearse |
Richard Jenkins |
Pilot |
2 |
Chandler James Swanson |
1967 |
2001 |
broken neck in diving accident |
Mark Devine |
The Will |
3 |
Thomas Alfredo Romano |
1944 |
2001 |
chopped up by dough mixer |
John Capodice |
The Foot |
4 |
Manuel "Paco" Antonio Pedro Bolin |
1980 |
2001 |
shot repeatedly in a gang killing |
Jacob Vargas |
Familia |
5 |
Jean Louise McArthur "Viveca St. John" |
1957 |
2001 |
electrocuted when her cat knocks electric curlers into her bathtub |
Veronica Hart |
An Open Book |
6 |
Mildred "Hattie" Effinger Jones |
1922 |
2001 |
natural causes, dies in her sleep |
Uncredited |
The Room |
7 |
Victor Wayne Kovitch, PFC |
1971 |
2001 |
Gulf War syndrome |
Brian Kimmet |
Brotherhood |
8 |
Chloe Anne Bryant Yorkin |
1959 |
2001 |
decapitated by the cherry picker on a utility truck when sticking head out of a limo |
Robin Riker |
Crossroads |
9 |
Anthony Christopher Finelli |
1994 |
2001 |
accidentally shot while playing with a gun |
Jake Gridley |
Life's Too Short |
10 |
Jonathan Arthur Hanley |
1946 |
2001 |
killed by his wife when she smashes a frying pan over his head |
John Billingsley |
The New Person |
11 |
Dillon Michael Cooper |
2001 |
2001 |
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
Unseen character |
The Trip |
12 |
Marcus Foster, Jr. |
1978 |
2001 |
beaten to death in gay bashing |
Brian Poth |
A Private Life |
13 |
Lilian Grace Montrose |
1939 |
2001 |
hit in head by golf ball |
Uncredited |
Knock, Knock |
[edit] Season 2 (2002)
[edit] Season 3 (2003)
# |
Deceased |
Born |
Died |
Cause of Death |
Portrayed by: |
Episode Title |
27 |
Nathaniel Samuel Fisher, Jr. |
1965 |
2002[1] |
complications from AVM |
Peter Krause |
Perfect Circles |
28 |
Matthew Clark Hazen |
1978 |
2003 |
shot by disgruntled co-worker |
Uncredited |
You Never Know |
29 |
Martin Jacobs |
1962 |
2003 |
shot by disgruntled co-worker |
Uncredited |
You Never Know |
30 |
Andrew Wayne Milne |
1952 |
2003 |
shot by disgruntled co-worker |
Jim Ortlieb |
You Never Know |
31 |
Daniel Grant Showalter |
1968 |
2003 |
shot himself after shooting co-workers |
Matt Ross |
You Never Know |
32 |
Callie Renee Mortimer |
1984 |
2003 |
hit by car after running from "attackers" who were really her friends |
Megan Austin Oberle |
The Eye Inside |
33 |
Robert Lamar Giffin |
1955 |
2003 |
dilated cardiomyopathy while watching movie |
Anthony Vatsula |
Nobody Sleeps |
34 |
William Aaron Jaffe |
1951 |
1975 |
car fell off a dirt road, found 28 years later |
Josh Radnor |
The Trap |
35 |
Karen Postell Pepper |
1964 |
2003 |
excessive nose bleed due to a deviated septum |
Donna Bullock |
Making Love Work |
36 |
Bernard Asa Chenowith |
1939 |
2003 |
stomach cancer |
Robert Foxworth |
Timing & Space |
37 |
Daddy |
1940 |
2003 |
natural causes |
Leon Rippy |
Tears, Bones and Desire |
38 |
Melinda Mary Bloch |
1965 |
2003 |
suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning |
Tereza Rizzardi |
The Opening |
39 |
Jeanette Louise Bradford |
1928 |
2003 |
bee sting while at picnic |
Ann Weldon |
Everyone Leaves |
40 |
Dorothy Su |
1945 |
2003 |
shot by a robber at her convenience store |
Momo Yashima |
Death Works Overtime |
41 |
Edward Tully |
1955 |
2003 |
electrocuted while on an electrical pole during earthquake |
Uncredited |
Death Works Overtime |
42 |
David Raymond Monroe |
1971 |
2003 |
collapsed at gym after exercising |
Uncredited |
Death Works Overtime |
43 |
Carl Desmond Williman |
1948 |
2003 |
executed by lethal injection |
Graham Beckel |
Twilight |
44 |
Anahid Hovanessian |
1951 |
2003 |
head smashed in by "blue ice" |
Violetta Gevorkyan |
I'm Sorry, I'm Lost |
[edit] Season 4 (2004)
# |
Deceased |
Born |
Died |
Cause of Death |
Portrayed by: |
Episode Title |
45 |
Lisa Kimmel Fisher |
1967 |
2003 |
unknown (possibly drowned by Hoyt, her brother-in-law) |
Lili Taylor |
I'm Sorry, I'm Lost (death)/Falling Into Place (funeral) |
46 |
Bruno Baskerville Walsh |
1951 |
1972 |
jumped off roof while under the influence of LSD |
Jonathan Tucker |
Falling Into Place |
47 |
Dorothy Sheedy |
1954 |
2003 |
hit by car while supposedly witnessing the Rapture |
Beth Grant |
In Case of Rapture |
48 |
Kaitlin Elise Stolte |
1989 |
2003 |
broken neck after falling off a bed while laughing |
Hallee Hirsh |
Parallel Play |
49 |
Lawrence Henry Mason |
1938 |
2003 |
struck by lightning |
Uncredited |
Can I Come Up Now? |
50 |
Anne Marie Thornton |
1966 |
2004 |
slipped in shower |
Elise Robertson |
That's My Dog |
51 |
Robert Carl Meinhardt |
1962 |
2004 |
shot by robbers in his home |
Ken Land |
Terror Starts at Home |
52 |
Joan Morrison |
1939 |
2004 |
cancer |
Lauri Johnson |
The Dare |
53 |
James Dubois Marshall |
1923 |
2004 |
natural causes, died in his car at Fisher & Diaz |
Lee Weaver |
Coming and Going |
54 |
Lawrence "Larry" Tuttle |
1969 |
2004 |
crushed by shelf after reaching for comic book |
Michael Cornacchia |
Grinding the Corn |
55 |
Robert Duane Wething |
1958 |
2004 |
alcohol poisoning |
Uncredited |
The Black Forest |
56 |
Edward Gordon Gorodetsky |
1956 |
2004 |
car accident by not concentrating on road |
Tom Virtue |
Bomb Shelter |
57 |
Coco Grimes Gorodetsky |
1962 |
2004 |
car accident |
Christine Mourad |
Bomb Shelter |
58 |
Michael Timothy Gorodetsky |
1992 |
2004 |
car accident |
Jordan Garrett |
Bomb Shelter |
59 |
Amanda Lynn "Mandy" Gorodetsky |
1995 |
2004 |
car accident |
Hunter Johnson |
Bomb Shelter |
60 |
Kenneth Macdonald Henderson |
1954 |
2004 |
cut in half by elevator |
Scott Burkholder |
Untitled |
[edit] Season 5 (2005)
- ^ In this episode, Nate "dies" and witnesses multiple alternative ways his life might have turned out, but in the end returns to life. The nature of the alternative lives, whether surgery-induced hallucination or a view into parallel universes, is left to the viewer.
- ^ At the end of the Ecotone episode, viewers learn that protagonist Nate Fisher has died, with his title card and dates displayed as the episode's final moment. Nate's death in this episode implicitly serves in place of the usual opening death for the following episode, All Alone, which does not open with a death or title card.
- ^ a b c d e f The end of the August 21, 2005 series finale, Everyone's Waiting, flashes forward to each of the main characters' deaths, many of which do not show enough information for an actual cause of death to be determined. There is no opening death scene; instead, the episode opens with the birth of Nate and Brenda's daughter Willa.
- ^ On the DVD commentary for this episode, series creator Alan Ball quipped that Brenda was "finally talked to death by Billy"
[edit] Other deaths
With the exception of the series finale, the following deaths were not featured during the opening teaser sequence. The following are not counted in the Statistics tally.
# |
Deceased |
Cause of Death |
Year of Death |
Featured when: |
Episode Title |
1 |
Mr. Bloomberg |
natural causes |
1970s |
Nate has a flashback seeing his first cadaver. |
Pilot |
2 |
Mrs. Doyle |
cancer |
2000 |
Viewing where David breaks down |
Pilot |
3 |
Mr. Suarez |
natural causes |
2001 |
Body Nate picks up from nursing home |
The Will |
4 |
Mrs. Bond |
cause unknown |
2001 |
Federico is airbrushing her casket. |
The Foot |
5 |
Unidentified Elderly Woman |
cause unknown |
2001 |
Federico is embalming and washing her hair |
Familia |
6 |
Mr. Jones |
natural causes |
2001 |
Nate finds Mr. Jones dead after his wife's viewing |
The Room |
7 |
Mr. Senopolis |
cause unknown |
2001 |
Nate drives the deceased's body from San Diego |
Brotherhood |
8 |
Mr. Pearlmutter |
cause unknown |
2001 |
David prepares the deceased's body for viewing |
A Private Life |
9 |
Unidentified Older Man |
natural causes |
2001 |
Taylor witnesses David and Rico embalming the deceased's body |
Driving Mr. Mossback |
10 |
Unidentified Bald Man |
cause unknown |
2001 |
Ruth asks Rico a favor while he is prepping the deceased's body |
Driving Mr. Mossback |
11 |
Mrs. Hirsch |
breast cancer |
2002 |
Federico asks Nate if he can babysit while he embalms the deceased's body |
The Secret |
12 |
Mrs. Folger |
cause unknown |
2002 |
Claire takes the deceased's body to the crematorium. |
Perfect Circles |
13 |
Unidentified Woman |
cause unknown |
2003 |
Federico washes the deceased's hair while arguing with Nate and David. |
Nobody Sleeps |
14 |
Unidentified Overweight Man |
cause unknown |
2003 |
Arthur has trouble getting the deceased back into his casket due to the deceased's obesity. |
Making Love Work |
15 |
Unidentified Armless Man |
cause unknown |
2003 |
Federico embalms the deceased's body while talking to Vanessa. |
Timing and Space |
16 |
Mrs. Martha Fasteau |
cancer |
2003 |
Nate performs an intake with the deceased's husband |
Everyone Leaves |
17 |
Unidentified Man |
cause unknown |
2003 |
Arthur ties the deceased's shoes while Nate and David argue. |
Falling into Place |
18 |
Hoyt Woodworth |
committed suicide with handgun |
2004 |
Confronted by Nate about his affair with Lisa and her murder and when his confession is overheard by his wife. |
Untitled |
19 |
Unidentified Korean Man |
cause unknown |
2005 |
George tries to crash the deceased's funeral in his bathrobe. |
Hold My Hand |
20 |
Unidentified Man |
cause unknown |
2005 |
Federico embalms the deceased as Vanessa confronts him. |
Eat a Peach |
21 |
Mr. Felix |
cause unknown |
2005 |
David asks Rico to reschedule the deceased's viewing so it does not overlap with Nate's burial. |
All Alone |
22 |
Unidentified Woman |
cause unknown |
2005 |
Rico is preparing the body when David talks to him about not selling the business |
Everyone's Waiting |
23 |
Unidentified Man |
cause unknown |
2005 |
During the final montage in the series finale, David demonstrates embalming to Durrell sometime in the near future. |
Everyone's Waiting |
[edit] Statistics
During the series' five year run, there have been 77 deaths.
- 1 death occurred in 2000.
- 20 deaths occurred in 2001.
- 5 deaths occurred in 2002 (not including alternate realities)
- 20 deaths occurred in 2003.
- 14 deaths occurred in 2004.
- 8 deaths occurred in 2005.
- 2 deaths have occurred during the 1970s, one in 1972 and the other in 1975.
- 1 death occurred during the 1950s decade in (1953).
- 2001 and 2003 had a large majority of the deaths followed by 2004 and finally 2005.
- 2002 had the least amount of deaths.
- Season 3 had the most deaths (17) followed by Seasons 4 & 5 tied at (16).
- Seasons 1 & 2 had the least amount of deaths (13) respectively.
[edit] Causes of death
- 13 people have died from natural causes.
- 10 people have died from a car accident related fate.
- 11 people have been murdered.
- 8 people have committed suicide.
- 9 people have died from a head injury.
- 5 people have died of cancer.
- 22 people have died from other complications.