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 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 by Ma ...

'' * Azrael, in ''

Lucifer The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology. He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bib ...

'' * Loki, in the film ''

Dogma Dogma, in its broadest sense, is any belief held definitively and without the possibility of reform. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines of a religion, such as Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, or Islam ...

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), 1954 * "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 ''Remnants of War'' is the second album by American heavy metal band Helstar, released by Combat Records and Noise Records in August 1986, and the final by the former. It was recorded following a lineup change and a change of studio to Mad Dog ...

'', 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 Sec ...

, 1918 * "Angel of Death", a song by Manchester Orchestra on ''

The Million Masks of God ''The Million Masks of God'' is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Manchester Orchestra. It was released through Loma Vista on April 30, 2021. The album was announced on February 18, 2021, alongside the release of the first singl ...

'', 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 (Dexter), a 2011 episode of ''Dexter'' * "Angel of Death", a season 2 episode of '' Castlevania: Nocturne'', 2025 * ''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 killer who was convicted of murdering four infants, attempting to murder three others, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital, Lincoln ...

* ''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 Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, pain ...

, including **

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

Charles Cullen Charles Edmund Cullen (born February 22, 1960) is an American serial killer. While working as a nurse, Cullen murdered dozens—possibly hundreds—of patients during a 16 year career spanning several New Jersey and Pennsylvania medical centers ...

(born 1960), American nurse who murdered at least 29 patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey medical centers over a 16-year career. **

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 Northam ...

(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 he has 37 confirmed victims. He was able to do this during his time as a hospital orderly. His spree took place ...

(1952–2017), American orderly and convicted serial killer who claims to have murdered 87 people **

Orville Lynn Majors Orville Lynn Majors (April 24, 1961 – September 24, 2017) was a licensed practical nurse and serial killer who was convicted of murdering his patients in Clinton, Indiana. Though he was tried for only seven murders and convicted of six, he was ...

(1961–2017), American nurse who murdered at least 6, possibly 130, elderly patients **

Josef Mengele Josef Mengele (; 16 March 19117 February 1979) was a Nazi German (SS) officer and physician during World War II at the Russian front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, often dubbed the "Angel of Death" (). He performed Nazi hum ...

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

Colin Norris Colin Campbell Norris (born 12 February 1976) is a British serial killer who was convicted of the murder of four elderly patients and the attempted murders of two others in two hospitals in Leeds, England, in 2002. A police investigation showed ...

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

Harold Shipman Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English doctor in general practice and serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern ...

(1946–2004), English doctor who murdered up to 250 elderly patients *

Allison Black Colonel Allison K. Black is an American retired military officer. She was given the nickname "Angel of Death" as an AC-130H gunship officer in the United States Air Force during the War in Afghanistan. She was the second woman to ever serve as co ...

, American military officer who fought in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom *

August Miete August Wilhelm Miete (born 1 November 1908 – 9 August 1987) was an SS functionary of Nazi Germany. He worked at the Grafeneck and Hadamar Euthanasia Centres, and then at Treblinka extermination camp. Miete was arrested in 1960 and tried in We ...

(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 176710 Thermidor, Year II 8 July 1794, sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the National Convention, French ...

(1767–1794), French revolutionary organizer of the Reign of Terror * Charles Heatherly (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 canonical angel of death in Islam and appears in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter. Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael holds a benevolent role as God's angel of death; he acts as ...

, 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 God on several occasions to deal w ...

in the Hebrew Bible *

Dumah (angel) Dumah ( Heb. ''dūmā'', "silence") is an angel mentioned in Rabbinic 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, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second- ...

, in some religions *

Mot (god) Mot ( ''mūt'', ''māweṯ'', ) was the Canaanite god of death and the Underworld. He was also known to the people of Ugarit and in Phoenicia, where Canaanite religion was widespread. The main source of information about Mot in Canaanite mytho ...

, 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 Yazidism, 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 (; , ''Sammāʾēl'', "Venom of God"; , ''Samsama'il'' or , ''Samail''; alternatively Smal, Smil, Samil, or Samiel) is an archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic tradition; a figure who is the accuser or adversary (Satan#Judaism, Satan ...

, in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore *

Saureil In Mandaeism, Ṣaureil, also spelled Ṣauriel or Ṣaurʿil (), 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 Shitil (Seth). Ṣaureil is also ...

, in Mandaeism *

Sariel Sariel (Hebrew and Aramaic: שָׂרִיאֵל ''Śārīʾēl'', "God is my Ruler"; Greek: Σαριηλ ''Sariēl'', ''Souriēl''; Amharic: ሰራቁያል ''Säraquyael'', ሰረቃኤል ''Säräqael'') is an angel mainly from Judaic tradi ...

in some understandings *

Remiel Ramiel (, ''Raʿamʾēl''; ) is a fallen Watcher angel. He is mentioned in Chapter 6 of the apocryphal Book of Enoch as one of the 20 Watchers that sinned and rebelled against God by mating with human women and creating offspring called Nephili ...

in some understandings

Other uses

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

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