
Notice the discrepancies is Jacob Sugden's death date and the "moving headstone"?
Over the years there has been 102 deaths in Emmerdale Farm/Emmerdale since 1972. This is a list of deaths in the show since then, including Jacob Sugden, while he died 6 days before the show began, his funeral opened up the series on 16 October 1972.
This list also includes unseen characters and offscreen deaths, these are marked with an asterix*.
Deaths in Emmerdale Farm/Emmerdale[]
Name | Date of death | cause of death | age when died |
---|---|---|---|
Jacob Sugden * | 10 October 1972 | Pneumonia | 56 |
Sharon Crossthwaite * | 30 January 1973 | Strangled by Jim Latimer | 17 |
Trash - The Tramp | 5 February 1973 | Cervical fracture from falling out a window. | 48 |
Peggy Skilbeck * | 16 July 1973 | Brian haemorrhage | 25 |
Luke Brearly * | October 1973 | Liver failure | Unk |
Tom Ratcliffe * | May 1974 | Unknown | Unk |
Wally Lumm * | 21 January 1975 | Pneumonia | About 72 |
Sam and Sally Skilbeck * | 13 January 1976 | Railway accident | 2 |
Beattie Dowton * | 13 January 1976 | Railway accident | Unk |
Bella Ryland * | March 1976 | Cancer | About 50 |
Percy Edgar * | 1977 | Old age | Unk |
Jim Gimbel * | 21 June 1977 | Suicide by gunshot | 53 |
George Verney* | September 1978 | Natural causes | 68 |
Rapist (Episode 518) | 12 April 1979 | Run over by motorbike | Unk |
Harry Moore | 13 May 1980 | Heart attack | About 75 |
Enoch Tolly * | 9 February 1981 | Tractor accident | Unk |
Sam Pearson * | 27 November 1984 | Old age | 84 |
Jean Tate * | December 1984 | Assisted suicide | Unk |
Harry Mowlam * | 23 January 1986 | Beaten to death by Derek Warner | About 55 |
Pat Sugden | 26 August 1986 | Car crash | 42 |
Mr Metcalfe | 5 November 1987 | Heart attack | About 70 |
Steve Fuller * | 14 November 1988 | Killed by a falling tree | About 42 |
Denis Rigg | 6 July 1989 | Crushed by a bull | 49 |
Jackie Merrick | 16 August 1989 | Gunshot wound | 24 |
Pete Whiteley | 16 August 1990 | Run over by Kate Sugden | 27 |
Paolo Rosetti * | 1 January 1991 | Shot by an unknown assailant | Unk |
Bill Whiteley * | 30 July 1991 | Old age | 72 |
Henry Wilks * | 3 October 1991 | Heart attack | 69 |
Meg Armstrong * | 2 February 1993 | Stroke | 58 |
Wally Eagleton * | November 1993 | Unknown | 66 |
Mark Hughes * | 30 December 1993 | Crushed by falling wall during plane crash | 20 |
Elizabeth Pollard * | 30 December 1993 | Struck by debris from plane crash | 46 |
Leonard Kempinski | 30 December 1993 | Car crash caused by part of the plane | About 78 |
Archie Brooks | 30 December 1993 | Vapourised by aviation fuel from plane crash | 30 |
Shirley Turner | 7 June 1994 | Shot by Reg Dawson | Unk |
Reg Dawson | 7 June 1994 | Shot by police | About 40 |
Ben Dingle | 9 August 1994 | Heart defect | 20 |
Alice Wood * | 13 December 1994 | Old age | Unk |
Joe Sugden * | 6 June 1995 | Car accident in Spain | 46 |
Luke McAllister | 1 August 1995 | Car accident | 19 |
Jed Connell | 11 April 1996 | Shot by Nick Bates | Unk |
Granny Hopwood * | 22 August 1996 | Old age | Unk |
Dave Glover | 26 December 1996 | Burned to death | 23 |
Ron Hudson * | 8 May 1997 | Huntingdons disease | Unk |
Frank Tate | 27 May 1997 | Heart attack | 59 |
Kate Sugden * | 30 July 1997 | Brain haemorrhage | 45 |
Linda Fowler | 21 October 1997 | Car crash | 19 |
Lord Alex Oakwell | 1998 | Fell off a roof | Unk |
Vic Windsor | 25 December 1998 | Head injury during fight with Billy Hopwood | 40 |
Rachel Hughes | 11th May 1999 | Pushed off a cliff by Graham Clark | 27 |
Liam Hammond | 11th November 1999 | Shot by Zoe Tate | 38 |
Graham Clark | 18th February 2000 | Car accident | 29 |
Pete Collins | 20 March 2000 | Bus crash | 25 |
Bob Simmons | 20 March 2000 | Bus crash | 57 |
Butch Dingle | 24 March 2000 | Ruptured liver caused by bus crash | 27 |
Sarah Sugden | 16 November 2000 | Barn fire caused by Andy Sugden | 48 |
Jean Strickland | 10th September 2001 | Run over by Marc Reynolds | 47 |
Edith Weatherall * | 16th September 2002 | Old age | Unk |
DC Adrien Collins | 22 November 2002 | Car accident | Unk |
Angie Reynolds | 22 November 2002 | Car accident | 37 |
Jedediah Dingle | 17 December 2002 | Old age | 81 |
Tony Bell * | 25 December 2002 | Stabbed by Ray Mullan | Unk |
Ray Mullan | 25 December 2002 | Struck in self defense by Louise Appleton | 46 |
Chris Tate | 17 September 2003 | Suicide by medication overdose | 39 |
Tricia Dingle | 8 January 2004 | Injuries sustained after being crushed by falling bricks. | 27 |
Paul Marsden | 6 July 2004 | Fell off a roof | About 25 |
Roger Dyson | 24 November 2004 | Heart attack | Unk |
Shelley Williams | 17 March 2005 | Drowned | Unk |
Max King | 2 October 2005 | Car crash | 25 |
Seth Armstrong * | 30 October 2005 | Heart attack | 78 |
Brian Addyman * | 27 February 2006 | Car accident | Unk |
Terence Turner | 13 April 2006 | Stuck over the head with a fire extinguisher by Dr Adam Forsythe | 53 |
Noreen Bell | 13 July 2006 | House collapse | Unk |
David Brown | 13 July 2006 | House collapse | Unk |
Dawn Woods | 14 July 2006 | Injuries sustained in house collapse | 22 |
Alice Dingle | 31 July 2006 | Morphine overdose | 29 |
Dr Adam Forsythe * | 12 November 2006 | Suicide by hanging | About 45 |
Tom King | 25 December 2006 | Pushed out of a window by Carl King | 67 |
Len Reynolds | 17 May 2007 | Heart attack | 70 |
Colin McFarlane | 1 August 2007 | Natural causes | Unk |
DCI Grace Barraclough | 27 September 2007 | Run over by a lorry | Unk |
Rosemary King | 25 December 2007 | Suicide by gunshot | 61 |
Daniel Thomas | 21 February 2008 | Cot death | 0 |
Donald De Souza | 18 November 2008 | Heart attack | 75 |
Shane Doyle | 1 December 2008 | Struck over the head with a chair leg by Jasmine Thomas | 28 |
Matthew King | 16 December 2008 | Car accident | 40 |
Jack Sugden * | 5 February 2009 | Heart attack | 61 |
Mark Wylde | 14 January 2010 | Shot by Natasha Wylde | 50 |
Shadrach Dingle | 23 July 2010 | Drowned | 62 |
Terry Woods | 13 January 2011 | Fire started by Nick Henshall | 53 |
Viv Hope | 13 January 2011 | Fire started by Nick Henshall | 54 |
DC Nick Henshall * | 17 February 2011 | Suicide by gunshot | About 50 |
Jackson Walsh | 7th June 2011 | Assisted suicide | 21 |
Mia Macey * | 8 November 2011 | Car accident | 19 |
John Barton | 16 February 2012 | Car accident | 41 |
Carl King | 17th October about2012 | Hit with a brick by Cameron Murray | 39 |
Alex Moss * | 24 December 2012 | Murdered by Cameron Murray | 21 |
Gennie Walker | 25 July 2013 | Suffocated by Cameron Murray | 25 |
Cameron Murray | 17th October 2013 | Drowned after being Electrocuted while fighting Debbie, Chas and Marlon | 40 |
Alan Turner * | 24 October 2013 | Old age | 78 |
Gemma Andrews | 4 March 2014 | Brain injury | 15 |
Donna Windsor | 14 August 2014 | Jumped from a multi-storey car park | 28 |
Gary North | 14 August 2014 | Fell from a multi-storey car park whilst handcuffed to Donna Windsor. | About 40 |
Robbie Lawson | 25th September 2014 | Shot with a flare gun by Declan Macey | 24 |
Katie Sugden | 5th February 2015 | Pushed through rotten floorboards by Robert Sugden | 28 |
Hilary Potts * | 16th July 2015 | Heart failure | 66 |
Ruby Haswell | 4th August 2015 | Slashed across the abdomen by a helicopter blade | 37 |
Val Pollard | 4th August 2015 | Impaled with a shard of glass | 58 |
Suzie | 3rd September 2015 | Natural causes | Unk |
Tess Harris | 11th February 2016 | Struck by a car driven by Kirin Kotecha | 42 |
Dylan * | 18th May 2016 | Pneumonia | Unk |
Holly Barton | 29th September 2016 | Heroin overdose | 25 |
James Barton | 21st October 2016 | Major trauma after being pushed off a bridge by Emma Barton | 49 |
Joanie Wright | 30th January 2017 | Cardiac arrest | Unk |
Ashley Thomas | 7th April 2017 | Pneumonia caused by vascular dementia | 55 |
Finn Barton | 5th October 2017 | Cardiac arrest after accidentally being shot by Emma Barton | 25 |
Emma Barton | 6th October 2017 | Pushed off a viaduct by Moira Dingle | 49 |
Mrs Dumphreys | 9th November 2017 | Natural causes | 87 |
Lawrence White | 11th January 2018 | Car Crash Caused By Lachlan White | 74 |
Chrissie White | 11th January 2018 | Injury's From Car Crash Caused By Lachlan White | 37 |
Gerry Roberts | 17th May 2018 | Crushed With A Rock By Lachlan White | 19 |
Paul Tozer * | 13th July 2018 | Murdered By Lachlan White | Unknown |
Grace Dingle | 1st October 2018 | Biateral Renal Agenesis | 0 |
Lisa Dingle | 23rd May 2019 | Amyloidosis | 63 |
Frank Clayton | 1st August 2019 | Factory Explosion caused by Amy and Kerry Wyatt | Unknown |
Rachel Breckle * | September 2019 | Heart Failure | 35 |
Lee Posner * | 15th October 2019 | Intracerebral Haemorrhage after being wacked with a shovel by Robert Sugden | Unknown |
Nadine Butler * | Prior To 2020 | Trapped In A Car Full Of Carbon Monoxide Fumes By Meena Jutla | Unknown |
Graham Foster | 24th January 2020 | Bludgeoned With A Torch By Pierce Harris | Unknown |
Sandy Thomas * | 5th Feburary 2020 | Old Age | 86 |
Mark Malone | 19th August 2020 | Shot by Dawn Taylor | Unknown |
Annie Sugden * | August 2020 | Old Age | 100 |
Paul Ashdale | 1st April
2021 |
Injuries From Barn Explosion | 51 |
Leanna Cavanagh | 9th July
2021 |
Pushed Off A Bridge By Meena Jutla | 18 |
Andrea Tate | 21st October 2021 | Got Trapped In A Burning Maze After Being Attacked By Meena Jutla | 31 |
Ben Tucker | 25th November 2021 | Bludgeoned With A Wooden Oar By Meena Jutla | Unknown |
Irene Stocks * | 24th January 2022 | Heart Problems | Unknown |
Pierce Harris * | 4th February 2022 | Cancer | 41 |
Deaths mentioned during the serial run but happened before 1972[]
Since 1972, several relatives of characters have been mentioned as having died before 1972 when the serial began. Here is a list of these unseen characters, and relation to the character seen in the series.
Name | Date of Death | Relation to regular character | Age, if mentioned |
---|---|---|---|
Samuel Gough | 1801 | 4xgreat grandfather of Sam Pearson | Unknown |
Elizabeth Gough | 1801 | 4xgreat grandmother of Sam Pearson | Unknown |
Hannah Elizabeth Gough | 1803 | 3xgreat grandmother of Sam Pearson | 19 |
Joshua Sugden | 1855 | 3xgreat grandfather of Jack Sugden and Joe Sugden | About 22 |
Orton Sugden | 1908 | 2xgreat grandfather of Jack Sugden and Joe Sugden | About 55 |
Isaac Dingle | 1922 | Great grandfather of Zak Dingle | Unknown |
Millie Verney | 1938 | Wife of George Verney | About 25 |
Mary Nelson | 1938 | Wife of Charlie Nelson | About 22 |
Edward Sugden | 941 | Uncle of Jack Sugden and Joe Sugden | 21 |
Mr Merrick | About 1945 | Father of Tom Merrick | About 30 |
Jeremiah Braithwaite | 1945 | Uncle of Arthur Braithwaite | 104 |
Mrs Merrick | About 1962 | Mother of Tom Merrick | About 45 |
Joseph Sugden | 1963 | Grandfather of Jack and Joe Sugden | About 80 |
Margaret Sugden | 1964 | Grandmother of Jack and Joe Sugden | About 80 |
Grace Pearson | About 1968 | Mother of Annie Sugden | About 70 |
Maggie Wilks | 1971 | Wife of Henry Wilks | About 50 |