This list of deaths details all the deaths shown or alluded to in the BBC series Sherlock. Each death is listed under the episode it is first mentioned in: e.g. Carl Powers died before the events of the first Sherlock episodes, but he is not mentioned until The Great Game.
A Study in Pink
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| Character | Killed by | Cause of death | Date of death | Last lines | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Jeffrey Patterson | Jeff Hope with the pill game | Poison | October 12, 2009 | (crying) | |
| James Phillimore | November 26 2009 | (crying) | |||
| Beth Davenport | January 27 2010 | (crying) | |||
| Unidentified Barts employee | Natural causes | January 2010 | Sherlock Holmes whipped this man's body to determine what bruises form after death. | ||
| Mrs. Hudson's husband | American authorities | Execution | Sherlock Holmes helped ensure his execution. | ||
| Jennifer Wilson | Jeff Hope with the pill game | Poison | January 29/30 2010 | (crying) | She scratched the first five letters of her daughter Rachel's name after taking the deadly pill. |
| Jeff Hope | John Watson | Shot | January 31 2010 | "Moriarty!" |
The Blind BankerEdit
| Character | Killed by | Cause of death | Date of death | Last lines | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Van Coon | Zhi Zhu | Bullet to the head | March 2010 | Killed in his apartment. | |
| Brian Lukis | Killed in his apartment after reading death notice at West Kensington Library. | ||||
| Soo Lin Yao | Shot | Liang. Big brother. Please... (in Chinese) | Killed at the National Antiquities Museum. | ||
| General Shan | Sniper | Bullet to the head | 2010 | Death was ordered by Jim Moriarty. |
Many Happy ReturnsEdit
| Character | Killed by | Cause of death | Date of death | Last lines | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi victim | The killer was found by calculating the distance the chocolate flake had sunk into the victim's ice-cream cone. | ||||
| Trepoff's wife | Trepoff |
His Last VowEdit
| Character | Killed by | Cause of death | Date of death | Last lines | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Smallwood | Suicide | Late 2014 | Pressured into suicide through blackmail by Charles Augustus Magnussen | ||
| Charles Augustus Magnussen | Sherlock Holmes | Bullet wound to head | 25 December 2014 | Sorry. No chance for you to be a hero this time, Mr Holmes. |
