The following is a list of characters who have been killed off in the series, or that were already dead to begin with, organized into individual seasons and/or periods of time. Unseen and/or unnamed characters are not included, and neither are characters that only appeared in pictures. Characters whose deaths, in a timeline, fit a specific season or period of time, are included in the respective tables for those. As for characters whose deaths occur, via flashback, in a specific season, but didn't actually occur in the timeline of that season, are presented at the beginning of said season (e.g. Monique Polier died during the timeline of season 2, but wasn't introduced till season 3.).
Deaths before the series[]
Picture | Character | Cause of death |
Edwin Hodge (introduced in season 3) |
Wrists slit by Gloria Hodge | |
Karen's son | Unknown illness | |
Deirdre Taylor (introduced in season t1) |
Stabbed by Mary Alice Young | |
Dylan Davis (introduced in season 4) |
Crushed by a wardrobe | |
Gilbert McCluskey (introduced in season 3) |
Unknown | |
Ilene Britt (introduced in season 3) |
Unknown | |
Mrs. Mason (introduced in season 1) |
Hit by a drunk driver while crossing street |
Season 1 deaths[]
Picture | Character | Episode | Cause of death |
Mary Alice Young | "Pilot" | Suicide (Gunshot to the head) | |
Martha Huber | "Guilty" | Choked and buried alive by Paul Young | |
Juanita "Mama" Solis | "There Won't Be Trumpets" | Fell down hospital stairs | |
Rex Van de Kamp | "One Wonderful Day" | Poisoned by George Williams |
Season 2 deaths[]
Character | Picture | Cause of Death |
Melanie Foster | Beaten with an axe by Matthew Applewhite (flashbacks) | |
Charlie/Aurora Solis | Miscarried after Gabrielle Fell down stairs | |
George Williams | Fake suicide attempt gone wrong (Overdose of sleeping pills) | |
Curtis Monroe | Accident (Gunshot to the gut) | |
Ralph | Run over by a truck | |
Noah Taylor | Life support machine turned off by Zach Young | |
Matthew Applewhite | Shot by a police sniper |
Season 3 deaths[]
Picture | Character | Cause of Death |
Monique Polier | Beaten with a wrench by Gloria Hodge (flashbacks) | |
Nora Huntington | Shot in the chest by Carolyn Bigsby | |
Carolyn Bigsby | Shot in the head by Maya | |
Rebecca Shepherd | Cardiac arrest | |
Jane Hainsworth | Pressure drop during coma | |
Alma Hodge | Fall from rooftop |
Season 4 deaths[]
Picture | Character | Cause of Death |
Lillian Simms | Natural causes | |
Victor Lang | Chest impaled by a flying fence post | |
Sylvia Greene | Blown away by a tornado | |
Ida Greenberg | Crushed by a wrecked house | |
Al Kaminsky | Accident (Car burst into flames after hitting downed power line) | |
Ellie Leonard | Shot in the chest by Wayne Davis | |
Wayne Davis | Shot in the chest by Katherine Mayfair |
Time jump deaths[]
Picture | Character | Cause of Death |
Glen Wingfield | Natural causes (presumed) | |
Lila Dash | Car accident | |
Paige Dash | Car accident |
Season 5 deaths[]
Picture | Character | Cause of Death |
Samuel Heller | Strangled by Dave Williams | |
Eli Scruggs | Heart attack | |
Bradley Scott | Stabbed in the back by Maria Scott | |
Edie Britt | Electrocuted from a snapped Power Line |
Season 6 deaths[]
Picture | Character | Cause of Death |
Ramona | Murdered by the Fairview Strangler (flashbacks) | |
Emily Portsmith | Choked by the Fairview Strangler | |
Jeff Bicks | Heart attack | |
Daphne Bicks | Plane crash | |
Karl Mayer | Hit by a plane wing, died during surgery | |
Mona Clarke | Hit by a plane, died during surgery | |
Patrick Scavo | Miscarried because Lynette was slightly hit by a plane wing | |
Iris Beckley | Choked with a scarf by Patrick Logan | |
Irina Korsakov | Murdered by the Fairview Strangler | |
Barbara Orlofsky | Murdered by the Fairview Strangler | |
Teresa Pruitt | Natural causes | |
Patrick Logan | Set off a bomb detonator, when the bomb was inside the entire time |
Season 7 deaths[]
Picture | Character | Cause of Death |
Frank Kaminsky | Natural causes | |
Beth Young | Suicide (Gunshot to the head) | |
Dick Barrows | Complications from a viral infection | |
Felicia Tilman | Died in a car accident (drove into an oncoming truck) | |
Alejandro Perez/Ramon Sanchez | Concussion (hit over the head with candlestick by Carlos Solis) |
Season 8 deaths[]
Picture | Character | Cause of Death |
Chuck Vance | Ran over by Orson | |
Mike Delfino | Shot in the chest by Donny | |
Karen McCluskey | Lung cancer that metastasized to the brain |