Sudden death

Sudden Death or Sudden death may refer to:

Medical

• Cardiac arrest, also known as sudden cardiac death, natural death from cardiac causes
• Sudden cardiac death of athletes
• Sudden infant death syndrome
• Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
• Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome, a sudden unexpected death mainly during sleep

Sports

• Sudden death (sport), a form of competition where play ends as soon as one competitor is ahead of the others
• 1958 NFL Championship Game, nicknamed "Sudden Death" for its dramatic ending

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• Sudden Death (1977 film), a Philippine action film
• Sudden Death (1995 film), an American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
• "Sudden Death" (CSI: Miami), a 2010 television episode
• "Sudden Death" (Hit the Floor), a 2014 television episode
• "Sudden Death" (Murder, She Wrote), a 1985 television episode
• Sudden Death, the main antagonist of NFL Rush Zone seasons 1 and 3
• Died Suddenly (2022 film), an online anti-vaccination propaganda film

Music

• Svdden Death, American DJ and producer
• Sudden Death Records, a Canadian record label
• "Sudden Death" (song), by Megadeth, 2010
• "Sudden Death", a song by Bathory from Destroyer of Worlds, 2001

Literature

• Sudden Death (novel), a 1932 novel by Freeman Wills Crofts

Other

• Sudden death syndrome, a disease in soybean plants
• Blair's Sudden Death Sauce, a very hot sauce for food