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* [[Hilary Swank]]. It was once remarked, after ''[[Boys Don't Cry]]'''s release, that she seems to have made a career out of being beaten to death.

* [[Sean Bean]]. There's a list of his on-screen deaths [http://www.compleatseanbean.com/deathbycow.html here] as of 2009. Interestingly it also provides a surprisingly large list of roles he ''[[Averted Trope|survives]]''. But still you know it's impressive when someone can put together a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEhtsgu6bJg 4 minute death montage] and still be accused of missing quite a few examples. Despite his reputation, the fate of his character [[Game of Thrones|Ned Stark]] shocked a lot of people who hadn't read [[A Song of Ice and Fire|the books]].

** Summed up with two delightful [[YouTube]] comments.

'''User 2:''' Sean Bean would play the black guy. }}

* [[Robert De Niro]].

* Lea Salonga always lands roles in Broadway where her character dies. Whether she's Fantine or Eponine on ''[[Les Misérables]]'', or Kim in ''[[Miss Saigon]]''.

* Italian actor Giuseppe "Beppe" Fiorello, brother of far-more-known showman Rosario Fiorello, is ''infamous'' for this, so much that he dedicated - with his bro - an entire stand-up sketch to parody and lampshade this trope, when Rosario's holding a dying Beppe in his arms. And they milk [[Death Is Dramatic|death being overly dramatic]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|for all it's worth.]]

* [[David Bowie]] could qualify as this if you just considered his '''musical''' output. The protagonist in "We Are Hungry Men" is ''eaten'' by those men, [[Concept Album|Ziggy Stardust]] dies at the hands of his own fans, his businessman in the "Jump They Say" video is [[Driven to Suicide]], and one of his [[Loads and Loads of Roles]] in his [[Rock Opera]] ''1. Outside'' is a murder victim. One of his first film roles was as a painting come to life -- not for long -- in the 1969 short ''The Image''. From there his character dies in all of the following films and TV productions: ''Just a Gigolo'', ''Baal'', ''[[The Hunger]]'' (both the film and the TV anthology inspired by it, as two different characters!), ''[[Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence]]'', ''Gunslinger's Revenge'', and ''Mr. Rice's Secret''. His one major stage role was the title character in ''[[The Elephant Man]]'' -- ''he'' perishes at the end. Amazingly, his two best-known film roles, Thomas in ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'' and Jareth in ''[[Labyrinth]]'', '''do''' survive...but then again, neither of them has anything to live for anymore.