Angel of Death may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Adam or Andrew, in '' Touched by an Angel'' * Azrael, in '' Lucifer'' * Loki, in the film '' Dogma''

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 S ...

'', 1986 * ''Angel of Death'', a symphonic poem by George Whitefield Chadwick, 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", a season 6 episode of ''

Dexter Dexter may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Dexter, the main character of the American animated series ''Dexter's Laboratory'' that aired from 1996 to 2003 * Dexter, a fictional character in the British Diary of a Bad Man#Main, web series ''Diar ...

'', 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 S ...

(David Sheldon, 1953–2007), American wrestler * Common media nickname for

health care professionals convicted of murdering patients Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

, including **

(born 1968), English nurse who murdered four children in 1991 ** Kristen Gilbert (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 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 (1911–1979), German SS officer and Nazi concentration camp doctor ** Colin Norris (born 1976), Scottish nurse and serial killer ** Harold Shipman (1946–2004), English doctor who murdered up to 250 elderly patients *

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 West ...

(1908–1987), German SS officer and Nazi extermination camp officer *

Robledo Puch Carlos Eduardo Robledo Puch (born 22 January 1952), also known as The Angel of Death and The Black Angel, is an Argentine serial killer. He was convicted of eleven murders (including the killing of at least one accomplice), one attempted murde ...

(born 1952), Argentine serial killer * Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (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, or Malak al-Maut, in Islam * Destroying angel (Bible) 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 collection ...

, in Rabbinical and Islamic literature * Michael (archangel), in some religions * Mot (god), 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, 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) An angel of mercy or angel of death is a type of criminal offender (often a type of serial killer) who is usually employed as a caregiver and intentionally harms or kills people under their care.Vronsky (2007), pp. 1, 42-43Schechter and Everitt, p ...

, 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 t ...

'' 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