# Angel of Death

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**Angel of Death** may refer to:

## Arts, entertainment and media

### Fictional characters

- Adam or Andrew, in *[Touched by an Angel](/source/Touched_by_an_Angel)*
- Azrael, in *[Lucifer](/source/Lucifer_(TV_series))*
- Loki, in the film *[Dogma](/source/Dogma_(film))*
- [Grim Reaper](/source/Grim_Reaper), a popular personification of death

### Gaming

- *[Broken Sword: The Angel of Death](/source/Broken_Sword:_The_Angel_of_Death)*, a 2007 computer game
- [*Angels of Death* (video game)](/source/Angels_of_Death_(video_game)), a Japanese horror computer game, 2015

### Literature

- [*Angel of Death* (novel)](/source/Angel_of_Death_(novel)), by Jack Higgins, 1995
- *Angel of Death*, a novel by [Alane Ferguson](/source/Alane_Ferguson)

### Music

- ["Angel of Death" (Hank Williams song)](/source/Angel_of_Death_(Hank_Williams_song)), 1954
- ["Angel of Death" (Slayer song)](/source/Angel_of_Death_(Slayer_song)), 1986
- ["Angel of Death" (Thin Lizzy song)](/source/Angel_of_Death_(Thin_Lizzy_song)), 1982
- "Angel of Death", a song by Angel Witch on [*Angel Witch* (album)](/source/Angel_Witch_(album)), 1980
- "Angel of Death", a song by Helstar on the album *[Remnants of War](/source/Remnants_of_War)*, 1986
- *Angel of Death*, a symphonic poem by [George Whitefield Chadwick](/source/George_Whitefield_Chadwick), 1918
- "Angel of Death", a song by Manchester Orchestra on *[The Million Masks of God](/source/The_Million_Masks_of_God)*, 2021
- "Angel of Death", track 15 in [M3GAN (soundtrack)](/source/M3GAN_(soundtrack)) composed by Anthony Willis, 2022

### Television

- ["Angel of Death" (*NCIS*)](/source/Angel_of_Death_(NCIS)), a 2007 TV episode
- "The Angel of Death", a 2007 [episode of *Robin Hood*](/source/List_of_Robin_Hood_(2006_TV_series)_episodes)
- [The Angel of Death (Dexter)](/source/The_Angel_of_Death_(Dexter)), a 2011 episode of *Dexter*
- "Angel of Death", a season 2 episode of *[Castlevania: Nocturne](/source/Castlevania:_Nocturne)*, 2025
- [*Angel of Death* (web series)](/source/Angel_of_Death_(web_series)), 2009
- *Angel of Death*, a 2005 BBC dramatization of the life of [Beverley Allitt](/source/Beverley_Allitt)
- [*Angel of Death* (Polish TV series)](/source/Angel_of_Death_(Polish_TV_series)), a 2020 television series

## People

- [Angel of Death (wrestler)](/source/Angel_of_Death_(wrestler)) (David Sheldon, 1953–2007), American wrestler
- Common media nickname for health care professionals convicted of murdering patients, including - [Beverley Allitt](/source/Beverley_Allitt) (born 1968), British nurse who murdered four children in 1991 - [Charles Cullen](/source/Charles_Cullen) (born 1960), American nurse who murdered at least 29 patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey medical centers over a 16-year career. - [Kristen Gilbert](/source/Kristen_Gilbert) (born 1967), American nurse who murdered four patients in Massachusetts, U.S. - [Donald Harvey](/source/Donald_Harvey) (1952–2017), American orderly and convicted serial killer who claims to have murdered 87 people - [Orville Lynn Majors](/source/Orville_Lynn_Majors) (1961–2017), American nurse who murdered at least 6, possibly 130, elderly patients - [Josef Mengele](/source/Josef_Mengele) (1911–1979), German SS officer and Nazi concentration camp doctor - [Colin Norris](/source/Colin_Norris) (born 1976), British nurse and serial killer - [Harold Shipman](/source/Harold_Shipman) (1946–2004), British doctor who murdered up to 250 elderly patients
- [Allison Black](/source/Allison_Black), American military officer who fought in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom
- [August Miete](/source/August_Miete) (1908–1987), German SS officer and Nazi extermination camp officer
- [Robledo Puch](/source/Robledo_Puch) (born 1952), Argentine serial killer
- [Louis Antoine de Saint-Just](/source/Louis_Antoine_de_Saint-Just) (1767–1794), French revolutionary organizer of the Reign of Terror
- [Charles Heatherly](/source/Charles_Heatherly) (born 1942), American bureaucrat who fired six regional administrators who opposed plans for elimination of the agency

## Religion

- [Azrael](/source/Azrael), or Malak al-Maut, in Islam
- [Destroying angel (Bible)](/source/Destroying_angel_(Bible)) in the Hebrew Bible
- [Dumah (angel)](/source/Dumah_(angel)), in Rabbinical and Islamic literature
- [Michael (archangel)](/source/Michael_(archangel)), in some religions
- [Mot (god)](/source/Mot_(god)), an angel of death from the Hebraic Book of Habakkuk
- [Nasirdîn](/source/Nasird%C3%AEn) and [Sejadin](/source/Sejadin), in Yazidism
- [Samael](/source/Samael), in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore
- [Saureil](/source/Saureil), in Mandaeism
- [Sariel](/source/Sariel) in some understandings
- [Remiel](/source/Remiel) in some understandings

## Other uses

- [Angel of death (criminology)](/source/Angel_of_death_(criminology)), a type of serial killer
- *[Amanita ocreata](/source/Amanita_ocreata)* or angel of death, a species of poisonous mushroom
- "Angel of Death", [AC130 gunship](/source/Lockheed_AC-130)'s nickname
- "Angel of Death", putative vector of the 1995 [Dungarvan AIDS panic](/source/Dungarvan_AIDS_panic)

## See also

- [Angels of Death (disambiguation)](/source/Angels_of_Death_(disambiguation))
- [Personifications of death](/source/Personifications_of_death)
- [Death angel (disambiguation)](/source/Death_angel_(disambiguation))
- [Destroying angel (disambiguation)](/source/Destroying_angel_(disambiguation))
- [Exterminating Angel (disambiguation)](/source/Exterminating_Angel_(disambiguation))
- [Alfredo Astiz](/source/Alfredo_Astiz) (born 1951), Argentine Navy officer known as the "Blond Angel of Death"
- *[Death and the Sculptor](/source/Death_and_the_Sculptor)*, also known as *Angel of Death and the Sculptor*, a sculpture by Daniel Chester French
- [Santa Muerte](/source/Santa_Muerte), a sacred figure venerated primarily in Mexico
- [Shinigami](/source/Shinigami), god or spirit of death in Japanese mythology
- [Thanatos](/source/Thanatos), the personification of death in Greek mythology
- [Yama](/source/Yama), lord of death, in early Rigvedic Hinduism

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