Angel of Death may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Adam or Andrew, in ''

Touched by an Angel ''Touched by an Angel'' is an American fantasy drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994, and ran for 211 episodes over nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and executive produced ...

'' * Azrael, in ''

Lucifer Lucifer is one of various figures in folklore associated with the planet Venus. The entity's name was subsequently absorbed into Christianity as a name for the devil. Modern scholarship generally translates the term in the relevant Bible passa ...

'' * Loki, in the film ''

Dogma Dogma is a belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines of a religion, such as Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Isla ...

Gaming

* '' Broken Sword: The Angel of Death'', a 2007 computer game * ''Angels of Death'' (video game), a Japanese horror computer game, 2015

Literature

* ''Angel of Death'' (novel), by Jack Higgins, 1995 * ''Angel of Death'', a novel by Alane Ferguson

Music

* "Angel of Death" (Hank Williams song) * "Angel of Death" (Slayer song), 1986 * "Angel of Death" (Thin Lizzy song), 1982 * "Angel of Death", a song by Angel Witch on ''Angel Witch'' (album), 1980 * "Angel of Death", a song by Helstar on the album '' Remnants of War'', 1986 * ''Angel of Death'', a symphonic poem by

George Whitefield Chadwick George Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer. Along with John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell, he was a representative composer of what is called the Se ...

, 1918 * "Angel of Death", a song by Manchester Orchestra on '' The Million Masks of God'', 2021 * "Angel of Death", track 15 in M3GAN (soundtrack) composed by Anthony Willis, 2022

Television

* "Angel of Death" (''NCIS''), a 2007 TV episode * "The Angel of Death", a 2007 episode of ''Robin Hood'' * "The Angel of Death", a season 6 episode of '' Dexter'', 2011 * ''Angel of Death'' (web series), 2009 * ''Angel of Death'', a 2005 BBC dramatization of the life of

Beverley Allitt Beverley Gail Allitt (born 4 October 1968) is an English serial child killer who was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three other children and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six. The crimes were committed ...

* ''Angel of Death'' (Polish TV series), a 2020 television series

People

Angel of Death (wrestler) David Sheldon (July 20, 1953 – November 25, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Angel of Death. Sheldon wrestled in various North American regional promotions during the 1980s and early 1990s including ...

(David Sheldon, 1953–2007), American wrestler * Common media nickname for health care professionals convicted of murdering patients, including **

(born 1968), English nurse who murdered four children in 1991 **

Kristen Gilbert Kristen Heather Gilbert ( Strickland; born November 13, 1967) is an American serial killer and former nurse who was convicted of four murders and two attempted murders of patients admitted to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Northamp ...

(born 1967), American nurse who murdered four patients in Massachusetts, U.S. **

Donald Harvey Donald Harvey (April 15, 1952 – March 30, 2017) was an American serial killer who claimed to have murdered 87 people, though official estimates are between 37 and 57 victims. He was able to do this during his time as a hospital orderly. ...

(1952–2017), American orderly and convicted serial killer who claims to have murdered 87 people ** Orville Lynn Majors (1961–2017), American nurse who murdered at least 6, possibly 130, elderly patients **

Josef Mengele , allegiance = , branch = Schutzstaffel , serviceyears = 1938–1945 , rank = '' SS''-'' Hauptsturmführer'' (Captain) , servicenumber = , battles = , unit = , awards = , commands = , ...

(1911–1979), German SS officer and Nazi concentration camp doctor **

Colin Norris Colin Campbell Norris (born 12 February 1976) is a serial killer nurse from Milton in Glasgow, Scotland, who murdered four "difficult" elderly patients and attempted to murder another in two hospitals in Leeds, England in 2002. Norris, who se ...

(born 1976), Scottish nurse and serial killer **

Harold Shipman Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known by the public as Doctor Death and to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English general practitioner and serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most prolif ...

(1946–2004), English doctor who murdered up to 250 elderly patients * August Miete (1908–1987), German SS officer and Nazi extermination camp officer * Robledo Puch (born 1952), Argentine serial killer *

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (; 25 August 17679 Thermidor, Year II 8 July 1794, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a major figure of the Fr ...

(1767–1794), French revolutionary organizer of the Reign of Terror *

Charles Heatherly Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

(born 1942), American bureaucrat who fired six regional administrators who opposed plans for elimination of the agency

Religion

Azrael Azrael (; , 'God has helped'; ) is the angel of death in some Abrahamic religions, namely Islam, Christian popular culture and some traditions of Judaism. He is also referenced in Sikhism. Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael ...

, or Malak al-Maut, in Islam *

Destroying angel (Bible) In the Hebrew Bible, the destroying angel (, ''malʾāḵ hamašḥīṯ''), also known as mashḥit ( ''mašḥīṯ'', 'destroyer'; plural: , ''mašḥīṯīm'', 'spoilers, ravagers'), is an entity sent out by YHWH on several occasions to kill ...

in the Hebrew Bible *

Dumah (angel) Dumah ( Heb. ''dūmā'', "silence") is an angel mentioned in Rabbinical and Islamic literature as an angel who has authority over the wicked dead. Dumah is a popular figure in Yiddish folklore. I. B. Singer's ''Short Friday'' (1964), a collectio ...

, in Rabbinical and Islamic literature *

Michael (archangel) Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

, in Catholicism *

Mot (god) Mot ( phn, 𐤌𐤕 ''mūt'', he, מות ''māweṯ'', ar, موت ''mawt'') was the ancient Canaanite god of death and the Underworld. He was worshipped by the people of Ugarit, and by the Phoenicians. The main source of information about his ...

, an angel of death from the Hebraic Book of Habakkuk *

Nasirdîn Sheikh Nasirdin, Melek Nasirdin or Naṣir ad-Dīn () is a holy figure venerated in Yezidism, he is considered one of the Seven Divine Beings, to all of whom God assigned the World's affairs, and his earthly incarnation is considered one of the fo ...

and Sejadin, in Yazidism *

Samael Samael ( he, סַמָּאֵל, ''Sammāʾēl'', "Venom/Poison of God"; ar, سمسمائيل, ''Samsama'il'' or ar, سمائل, label=none, ''Samail''; alternatively Smal, Smil, Samil, or Samiel) is an archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic ...

, in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore *

Saureil In Mandaeism, Ṣaureil, also spelled Ṣauriel or Ṣaurʿil ( myz, ࡑࡀࡅࡓࡏࡉࡋ), is the angel of death. Ṣaureil features prominently in Book 1 of the ''Left Ginza'' as the angel who announces the message of death to Adam and Seth (S ...

, in Mandaeism

Other uses

* Angel of death (criminology), a type of serial killer * ''

Amanita ocreata ''Amanita ocreata'', commonly known as the death angel, destroying angel, angel of death or more precisely western North American destroying angel, is a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus ''Amanita''. Occurring in ...

'' or angel of death, a species of poisonous mushroom *"Angel of Death", AC130 gunship's nickname *"Angel of Death", putative vector of the 1995 Dungarvan AIDS panic