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{{quote|''Oh I, I just [[Trope Namer|died in your arms tonight]]
''It must have been something you said''
|'''[[Cutting Crew]]''', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}lqqVgXPclsE (I Just) Died in Your Arms"]}}
[[Death Is Dramatic]], depressing, and emotional enough, but sometimes, just for the extra emotional kick-in-the-gut [[Tear Jerker]], the author will make a character die in the arms of a futile onlooker. As the onlooker (usually one of the dying character's [[True Companions]]) holds them dearly, the dying may [[Go Out with a Smile|flash them a smile]] or [[Famous Last Words|make a final dramatic statement]] before finally [[Big Sleep|closing their eyes]] and succumbing to their fate.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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== Fan
* Of course, [[Shipping|Shippers]] in general are quite fond of this.
* In [[Fallout Equestria Project Horizons (Fanfic)|Fallout Equestria Project Horizons]] the first-person protagonist Blackjack dies under Glorys wing from [[Rasputinian Death|a combination of cancer, mutation, multiple limb amputation, blood loss, pneumonia and finally, heart failure.]]
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== Film ==
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* Fiamma dies in Miss. G's arms in ''[[Cracks]]''. Subverted in the fact that Miss. G is killing Fiamma by withholding her inhaler while she has an asthmatic attack.
* [[Redemption Equals Death|Nathan]] in Shilo's arms in ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]''.
* In ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', Quellek gets shot by one of Saris' minions after he and Dr. Lazarus free some Thermians from certain death. Before dying in his arms, Quellek tells him that the doctor was like a father to him. Dr. Lazarus quotes his famous line seriously for the first time in the film before rushing and attacking the minion, who's having some gun jamming issues.
* In ''[[Hook]]'', Rufio dies in Peter Pan/Banning's arms.
{{quote|'''Rufio''': "[[Tear Jerker|I wish I had a dad... like you.]]"}}
* Somewhat cruelly subverted in [[John Woo]]'s ''[[The Killer]]'' when the title character dies. He and his love interest Jenny miss each other as they grope for each other on the ground near the burning church due to both of them being blind at this moment, Jenny due to the tragic mistake that kicked off the whole thing, and Ah Jong due to getting shot in the eyes by the [[Big Bad]]. The reason the scene came out like it did was because Chow Yun-Fat and Sally Yeh, the actors of the two in question, could only be scheduled to shoot on different days.
* King Theoden dies in Eowyn's arms in the battle of Minas Tirith in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* Morgan Earp dies in his brother Wyatt's arms in ''[[Tombstone]]''.
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* In ''[[Rob Zombie]]'s [[Halloween (film)|Halloween]] II'', Annie dies in Laurie's arms.
* ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'': Satine, in Christian's.
* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Phantom Menace]]'' ends with Qui-Gon Jinn dying in Obi-Wan's arms (does this happen to [[Ewan McGregor]] a lot?)
** Darth Vader dies in Luke's arms in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
* In ''[[Onmyoji]]'', Hiromasa dies in Seimei's arms. However, he gets better.
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