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* The title of the book and subsequent film and stage adaptation ''[[Film/Dead Man Walking|Dead Man Walking]]'', [[Based on a True Story]] of a nun who became the spiritual advisor to a Death Row convict.
* In [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]'' a wolf who loses a challenge is called the Dead Wolf as long as he remains alive, "which is not long as a rule".
* Literally the title of a [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] novel, showcasing the [[Crapsack World|incredibly dour]] [[Putting on the Reich|Death Korps of Krieg]] as they battle the [[Implacable Man|implacable Necrons]]. The title comes from the fact that the [[We Have Reserves|Kriegers have no moral compunction against sacrificing their own men to kill the enemy]], and are all drilled to have no dreams, aspirations, or visions of the future beyond service in the [[Redshirt Army|Imperial Guard]]—and their inevitable death. [[Uncanny Valley|They are so cold and emotionless]] as to creep out their fellow Guardsmen.
** [[Cloning Blues|It helps that all Kriegers are cloned.]]
* Another WH40K example: Within the [[Night Lords]] legion there was a practice of placing a suspended execution upon legionaries who warranted death, but were too valuable to be executed at present. Their gauntlets were painted [[Mark of Shame|arterial, or "sinner's" red]] and their lives continued at the whim of their primarch.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* On ''[[Myth BustersMythBusters]]'', the Narrator often intones the phrase jokingly when referring to the (inanimate) victim of the day's experiment - usually Buster the crash test dummy but there's been [[The Alleged Car|"Dead Car Driving!"]] and others.
* An ''NCIS'' episode titled "Dead Man Walking" involves a victim who has gotten radiation poisoning and the team has to figure out whodunit before he dies.
** ''NCIS'' also brings it up in the episode "Forced Entry":
{{quote|Marine Sgt. Hegarty: [[Berserk Button|You never mess with a Marine's coffee]], if you want to live, Agent DiNozzo.
Tony DiNozzo: [laughs] That's right. Dead man walking! }}
* ''[[The Thick of It]]'' episode "The Rise of the Nutters"
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== [[New Media]] ==
* There's a website with a feature called Dead Bro Walking, that focuses on the [[Black Dude Dies First]] trope.
 
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
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