Widow maker, widow-maker or widowmaker may refer to:

Common usage

* Widowmaker (forestry), any loose overhead debris such as limbs or tree tops that may fall at any time * Widow maker (medicine), a nickname used to describe a highly stenotic left main coronary artery or proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery of the heart, which is very often fatal

Entertainment

Film and television

* '' K-19: The Widowmaker'', a 2002 historical submarine film * Widowmaker Cave, a fictional cave in the ''

Northern Exposure ''Northern Exposure'' is an American Northern comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska that ran on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It received 57 ...

'' episode "The Final Frontier" * '' The Widowmaker'', a 1990 TV drama by John Madden * "Widowmaker" (''American Dad!''), a season 4 episode of ''American Dad!''

Books and comics

* ''Widowmaker'' (Marvel Comics), a 2010–2011 four-issue comic book limited series * ''The Widowmaker'', a 1996 science-fiction novel by Mike Resnick

Characters

Widowmaker (Image Comics) Widowmaker is a comic book supervillain appearing the Image Comics series ''Noble Causes'' and ''Dynamo 5''. Created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Fran Bueno ''Noble Causes'' is an American comic book series created and written by Jay Faerber ...

, an assassin from the comic book series ''Noble Causes'' * Widow-Maker, Pecos Bill's horse in American folklore * Widowmaker, a military unit in '' Resistance: Fall of Man'' and ''Resistance 3'' * Widow-maker, a Decepticon heavy from Marvel's Transformers franchise * Widowmaker (''Overwatch''), a character from the 2016 video game * The Widowmaker, an ace starfighter pilot in the video game '' Colony Wars: Vengeance''

Music

* Widowmaker (U.K. band), a British hard rock band ** ''Widowmaker'' (album), a 1976 album by Widowmaker * Widowmaker (Dee Snider band), an American band * ''Widow Maker'', a 1964 album and song by

Jimmy Martin James Henry Martin (August 10, 1927 – May 14, 2005) was an American bluegrass musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass". Early years Martin was born in Sneedville, Tennessee, United States, and was raised in the hard farming life of rural ...

* ''Widowmaker'', a 2012 album by

Dragged into Sunlight Dragged into Sunlight is a British extreme metal band formed in 2006. The band consists of four balaclava-wearing individuals, and live they play with their backs to the audience, often accompanied by candles and a single stroboscope for ligh ...

* "The Widow Maker", a 1974 song by Robert Calvert from ''

Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters ''Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters'' is a 1974 satire, satirical concept album by Robert Calvert, the former frontman of British space-rock band Hawkwind. It consists of a mixture of songs and comic spoken interludes. The concept was based ...

'' * "Widowmaker", a 1983 song by Pantera from '' Metal Magic'' * "Widowmaker", a 1985 song by W.A.S.P. from '' The Last Command'' * ''The Widowmaker'', an album and song by Canadian singer-songwriter Donovan Woods * "Widowmaker", a 2017 song by The Black Dahlia Murder from ''

Nightbringers ''Nightbringers'' is the eighth studio album by American melodic death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder. This is the first album to feature Brandon Ellis on lead guitar, replacing Ryan Knight. It was released on October 6, 2017, through Metal ...

Vehicles and weaponry

* Widowmaker, the Porsche 930, a turbocharged sports car with a proclivity to spin during aggressive but inattentive driving * Widowmaker, the ArmaLite AR-18 assault rifle * Widowmaker, the

Winchester Model 1911 The Winchester Model 1911 SL Shotgun was a self-loading, recoil-operated shotgun produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company from 1911 to 1925. It was Winchester's first autoloading shotgun, but design flaws kept it from providing competiti ...

shotgun * Widowmaker, the Kawasaki H2 Mach IV motorbike * Widowmaker, the Martin B-26 Marauder, a medium bomber that was unforgiving at low airspeed in its early versions * Widowmaker, the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, an interceptor aircraft with unforgiving flying qualities * Widow maker, the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, a V/STOL ground-attack aircraft with a high takeoff and landing accident rate

Other uses

Widowmaker hill climb The Widowmaker hill climb is an outdoor motorcycle sport event held annually and sometimes semi-annually in Croydon, Utah, United States. It consists of two major professional competitions, the first being the motorcycle hill climb, which is held u ...

, a motorcycle/snowmobile sporting event in Croydon, Utah * Widowmaker, the bowsprit, a part of a sailing ship * Widowmaker, African buffalo * The Widowmaker,

Delamar, Nevada Delamar, Nevada, nicknamed ''Widow maker (disambiguation), The Widowmaker,'' is a ghost town in central eastern Nevada, United States, USA along the east side of the Delamar Valley. During its heyday, primarily between 1895 and 1900, it produced $ ...

, a former town * The Widowmaker, Barry Windham, a wrestler