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[[Death Is Dramatic]]. [[The Musical|So is musical theatre.]] Therefore it should come as no surprise that major deaths are often accompanied by a final musical exclamation by the dying character--and frequently another, for extra duet points. Often followed, fittingly enough, by a [[Grief Song]]. Sometimes the two even overlap. Frequently a [[Tear Jerker]] or a [[Dark Reprise]]. In some works can attract [[Killed Mid
It should be noted that this can describe a song a character sings as he or she dies, or a song building up to (and ending with) the singing character's death.
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* "How Glory Goes" from ''[[Floyd Collins]]''.
* "Tell Her I Love Her" from ''[[Urinetown]]'', a duet which is half this and half [[Grief Song]].
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* In [[Children of Eden]] Abel sings a few lines of 'The Wasteland' as he dies
* The Crucifixion from Godspell certainly counts.
* The Flesh Failures from Hair is {{spoiler|Claude's}} death song. He even gets a [[Dark Reprise]] of his [["I Am" Song]] in.
* Last Midnight for The Witch in [[Into the Woods]]. Of course, we're not quite sure if she's dead...
* "No One Mourns the Wicked" from ''[[Wicked (Theatre)|Wicked]]''. Subverted, as we later find out [[He's Just Hiding|she's just hiding]].
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