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For real Twin Peaks-related people, see Twin Peaks deaths.
Laura's dead

Laura Palmer's death

This is a list of all individuals known to have died. Dates are based on the currently established dating conventions.

Bold = Deaths confirmed to have happened exclusively in the original timeline
Italic = Deaths confirmed to have happened exclusively in the altered timeline

Deaths[]

Historical[]

Date Person(s) Notes Last words Ref.
1787 More than fifty moose Massacred and scalped by several dozen trappers [1]
May 1787 Gaston Leroux Unknown cause [1]
1804 Alexander Hamilton Shot by Aaron Burr [2]
October 11, 1809 Meriwether Lewis Suicide by gunshot (disputed) [2]
1812 Sheheke Cause unknown [2]
1825 James Wilkinson Cause unknown [2]
1855 Dominick Renault Cause unknown [1]
1882 George MacDowell Cause unknown [1]
MacDowell's Horse
December 19, 1889 Twin Peaks residents (77) Killed in the Great Blizzard of 1889 [1]
Pete Lindstrom
Elsie Spaeth Miller
1891 Pixie and Zebulon Martell's mules Cause unknown [1]
Early 1900s Ersel Martell Food poisoning [1][2]
Bessie Spoon Struck by lightning [1]
1900 Liver-Eating Johnson Cause unknown [2]
February 24, 1902 Twin Peaks residents (8) Burnt to death on the Night of the Burning River [2]
1904 Chief Joseph "Broken heart" [2]
1914 Morgan Run over by a beer cart [2]
1929 Last Civil War veteran Heart attack [2]
1933 Zebulon Martell Gangrene [2]
1937 Knute Rockne Cause unknown [1]
1938 Spectator Impaled by Bernie Welch [1]
Early 1940s French farmer Shot by Cooper's father's platoon [3]
1944 Aleister Crowley Unknown, possibly related to his heroin addiction [2]
January 10, 1948 Paul Lantz Meningitis (disputed) [2]
c. 1947–1950 Gerald Craig Drowned in the Snake River [4]
June 17, 1952 Jack Parsons Accidental explosion [2]
Ruth Whiteside Suicide by drug overdose [2]
August 5, 1956 Receptionist Skull crushed by a Woodsman "Yes?" [5]
August 5, 1956 Disc jockey Skull crushed by a Woodsman [5]
1956 or shortly after Lace Butterfly Heroin overdose [2]
1960s Samson "Sam" Lanterman Face burnt by hot coals [6][2]
1960 Daisy Packard Cause unknown [1]
1962 Horace "The Dutchman" Vandersant Cause unknown [7]
November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald [2]
1964 Emil Jennings Fell into his beer brewing tub [2]
1965 Carl Rodd's wife Complications from childbirth [2]
Carl Rodd's son
1968 Ted's Victim Vehicular slaughter by Ted [3]
February 15, 1968 Will Johnson Killed in action in Vietnam [3]
March 8, 1968 Cooper's Grandmother Stroke [3]
February 10, 1969 Card player Stabbed by an unknown killer [3]
July 25, 1969 Crow Shot by Dale Cooper [3]
Fall 1969 Richard Jacoby Cause unknown [2]
November 15, 1969 Cooper's mother Cerebral hemorrhage "Oh, you know." [3]
Several years before May 26, 1970 Cooper's Grandfather Cause unknown [3]
July 14, 1970 Marie Schlurman Drowning "Thanks for saving my sneakers." [3]
1973 Miss Twin Peaks 1973 Electrocution [1]
June 17, 1973 Jim Burnt alive in a house fire (debatable) [3]
November 7, 1973 Philadelphia Jane Doe Multible stab wounds from an unknown assaulter [3]
1974 Unguin Packard Cause unknown [1]
March 18, 1974 Betty Shot by three policemen [3]
Shortly before May 18, 1974 Male cadaver Cause unknown [3]
1975 Lois Duffy (double) Shot by Lois Duffy "I'm like the blue rose." [8]
Lois Duffy Suicide by hanging
Richard Shaver Cause unknown [2]
Fred Crisman Kidney failure
1977 Ray Palmer Cause unknown [2]
1978 Marty Lindstrom Cause unknown [7]
February 4, 1978 Female murder victims (3) Unknown [3]
May 1, 1978 Policeman Shot by bank robbers [3]
Eastern Savings and Loan president
Bank robber Shot by Dale Cooper
July 28, 1978 Louis Dante Tortured and shot in the head by an unknown killer [3]
August 2, 1978 Jimmy Lester [3]
1979 Moses Millhouse Accidental axe injury by Sid Millhouse [1]
Sid Millhouse Accidental axe injury by Moses Millhouse
January 26, 1979 Chess player Suicide by hanging [3]
January 26, 1979 Chicken Nailed to a door [3]
c. 1980s Hap Cause unknown [9]
Simms [3]
1980 Josie Packard's father Assassinated [2]
Nicky Needleman's mother Complications from childbirth [10]
c. March–June 1980 Male prostitutes (7) Gagged and stabbed by Mr. Bush [3]
June 15, 1980 Randy [3]
1981 Esther Jacoby Cause unknown [2]
1982 Harold Dahl [2]
c. 1982 Eileen Banks Car crash [3]
Tony Banks
c. December 1982 Roland Blackburn Car crash, possibly suicide [7]
1983 Ed Hurley Sr. Cause unknown [2]
c. 1984 Ilsa Lindstrom Cause unknown [2]
1984 Kenneth Arnold Cause unknown [2]
January 26, 1984 Jupiter Run over [6]
1985 Caroline Earle (née Powell) Stabbed by Windom Earle [10][3]
c. 1986 Mrs. Tremond's mother Cause unknown [11]
1986 Nicky Needleman's foster parents Car crash [10]
November 19, 1986 Robert Jacoby Complications from multiple sclerosis [11]
December 12, 1986 Drug dealer Shot by Bobby Briggs [6]
Danielle's cat Run over by Laura Palmer
Shortly before December 23, 1986 Shelly Johnson's aunt Unknown [6]
1987 Jackie Gleason Unknown causes [2]
March 10, 1987 Troy Shot by border policemen [6]
September 27, 1987 Vagrant Vehicular slaughter by Hank Jennings [12]
1988 Alan Traherne Complications from cancer [2]

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me[]

Date Person(s) Notes Last words Ref.
February 9, 1988 Teresa Banks Beaten to death by Leland Palmer "No!" [13][14]
June 10, 1988 Mental patients (2) Hanged [3]
August 6, 1988 Mr. Penderghast Cause unknown [6]
Before February 1989 Eileen Hayward's mother Cause unknown [15]
Dwayne Milford's wife Cause unknown [16]
Dead Girl in Gordon's Story Cause unknown, presumably killed by Man in Gordon's Story [4]
Man in Gordon's Story Presumably shot by Gordon Cole
February 22, 1989 Cliff Howard Shot by Bobby Briggs "Like that, little girl?" [14]
February 24, 1989 Laura Palmer Beaten with a rock by Leland Palmer "Are you going to kill me?" [14]

Twin Peaks (season 1)[]

Date Person(s) Notes Last words Ref.
February 28, 1989 Bernard "Bernie" Renault Murdered by Leo Johnson "He is the bartender, isn't he?" [12]
March 1, 1989 Waldo Shot by Leo Johnson "Leo, no!" [12]
March 3, 1989 Jacques Renault Smothered to death with a pillow by Leland Palmer "Had to walk fifteen miles back to my own house. Heh." [17]

Twin Peaks (season 2)[]

Date Person(s) Notes Last words Ref.
March 3, 1989 Wood tick Shot by Josie Packard [18]
March 6, 1989 Emory Battis Shot by Jean Renault "We're all reasonable people! And what you discover is that something reasonable can always be worked out whenever reasonable people just put their minds..." [19]
March 7, 1989 Blackie O'Reilly Stabbed by Jean Renault "That's the way you want it, that's fine." [20]
Bodyguard Stabbed by Tommy "Hawk" Hill "Now, turn around." [20]
March 8, 1989 Harold Smith Suicide by hanging "J'ai une âme solitaire." (suicide note) [21]
March 9, 1989 Madeleine "Maddy" Ferguson Beaten to death by Leland Palmer possessed by BOB "Someboy, help me! Help me!" [21] [22]
March 11, 1989 Leland Palmer Suicide by blunt force head trauma "Laura!" [11]
March 15, 1989 Douglas James Raymond "Dougie" Milford Heart attack "Come on darling, they're playing our tune. See you!" [23]
March 17, 1989 Jean Renault Shot by Dale Cooper "Don't I know you?" [24]
Erik Powell Stabbed by Windom Earle
March 18, 1989 Jeffrey Marsh Car crash planned by Malcolm Sloan and Evelyn Marsh [10]
March 1989 Jonathan Kumagai Shot by Josie Packard
March 19, 1989 Malcolm Sloan Shot by Evelyn Marsh "Then I will." [25]
March 20, 1989 Thomas Eckhardt Shot by Josie Packard "Josie! For God's sake..." [26]
Jocelyn "Josie" Packard Cause unknown "I never meant to hurt you."
March 23, 1989 Rusty Tomasky Shot with a crossbow by Windom Earle "Well, what the hell are you doing?" [27]
March 23, 1989 John Justice Wheeler's partner Cause unknown [27]
March 26, 1989 Dell Mibbler Explosion caused by Thomas Eckhardt's bomb "So long." [28]
Pete Martell
Andrew Packard "Oh, shit!"
Windom Earle Soul taken by BOB "If you give me your soul, I'll let Annie live."
March 26 – March 30, 1989 Leo Johnson Shot dead [7]
Shortly before March 27, 1989 Corpse in Major Briggs' Car Cause unknown [7]
c. 1990 – 1991 Sinaloa Cartel Capo Shotout [7]
Various members of two rival Cartels
Undercover policemen
Crooked cops
Rogue DEA Agent
1990 Shelly McCauley's mother Cirrhosis of the liver [7]
February 24, 1990 Leland Palmer Suicide by shooting [7]
Before April 1, 1991 Clendon Marvaux Unknown disease "Murlin, I told you I was sick." [1]
Bobo Hobson Cause unknown
McFarley O'Halloran
1992 Hank Jennings Stabbed by inmates in his prison (related to the Renault family) [2]
August 9, 1995 Jerry Garcia Heart attack [7]
c. 2000–2016 Frank Truman's son Suicide [29]
2005 Ernie Niles Cause unknown [7]
2008 Lana Milford's second husband Heart attack [7]
2009 Simon Haliwell Choked to death [7]
2009 Eileen Hayward Heart failure due to sudden pneumonia [7]
2013 Vivian Smythe Illness [7]
2016 Sammy Cause unknown [30]
c. April 2016 London shopkeeper Neck snapped by Freddie Sykes "No, it's already been opened. I can't sell it to you." [8]

Twin Peaks (2017)[]

Date Person(s) Notes Last words Ref.
c. September 2016 Sam Colby Mutilated by the experiment "Stop!" [31]
Tracey Barberato "What do you think?"
Congressman's wife Murdered [32]
Denny Craig Drug overdose [33]
Hit and run boy Vehicular manslaughter by Richard Horne [29]
Trucker Jugular ripped with a bite by Sarah Palmer "I'll fucking pull your little lesbo titties off." [8]
c. September 22, 2016 Garland Briggs Decapitation (debatable) "Cooper. Cooper." [34]
Ruth Davenport Decapitation [31]
September 22, 2016 Jack Killed by Dale Cooper's doppelganger [35]
Phyllis Hastings Shot by Dale Cooper's doppelganger "What are you doing here?"
Darya "Are you gonna kill me now?"
September 24-September 29, 2016 Betty Car explosion triggered by Jack [34]
September 25, 2016 Dougie Jones Disintegrated "That's weird." [32]
September 26, 2016 Punk leader Car explosion "Fuck off, kid! Get the fuck out of here!" [36]
Car thieves (2)
September 27, 2016 Lorraine's coworker Stabbed by Ike "The Spike" Stadtler [29]
Lorraine "Three bodies?"
Lorraine's coworker
September 29, 2016 Farmers (2) Murdered by Hutch [34]
September 29 – September 30, 2016 Dwight Murphy Shot by Gary "Hutch" Hutchens [37]
Renzo Skull crushed by Dale Cooper's doppelganger "Don't you fucking move, Ray!" [38]
Ray Monroe Shot by Dale Cooper's doppelganger "Last I heard, he was at a place called The Dutchman's. But it's not a real place..."
September 30, 2016 William "Bill" Hastings Skull crushed by a Woodsman "I don't remember what happened." [39]
October 1, 2016 Duncan Todd Shot by Chantal Hutchens "Well, find him for me. Now." [40]
Roger "No, sir."
Margaret Lanterman (The Log Lady) Lung cancer "Good night, Hawk."
October 2, 2016 Richard Horne Electrocuted "I'm there!" [30]
Chantal Hutchens Shot by the Polish accountant "Fucking winged me!"
Gary "Hutch" Hutchens "Get us the fuck out of here!"
Diane Evans (tulpa) Disintegrated "I know. Fuck you."
Dale Cooper (doppelganger) Shot by Lucy Brennan "Unfinished business." [41]
BOB Pulverized by Freddie Sykes "Catch you with my death bag."
Unknown Man in Carrie Page's house Shot [42]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 The Secret History of Twin Peaks
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Twin Peaks – "Episode 24"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Twin Peaks – "Part 8"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Twin Peaks – "Part 14"
  9. ↑ Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Twin Peaks – "Episode 21"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Twin Peaks – "Episode 16"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Twin Peaks – "Episode 4"
  13. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 9"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  15. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 17"
  16. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 18"
  17. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 7"
  18. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 8"
  19. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 11"
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Twin Peaks – "Episode 12"
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Twin Peaks – "Episode 14"
  22. ↑ Mark Frost. "I'm Mark Frost, co-creator of Twin Peaks and author". Reddit. 
  23. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 19"
  24. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 20"
  25. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 22"
  26. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 23"
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Twin Peaks – "Episode 26"
  28. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Episode 29"
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Twin Peaks – "Part 6"
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Twin Peaks – "Part 16"
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Twin Peaks – "Part 1"
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Twin Peaks – "Part 3"
  33. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 4"
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Twin Peaks – "Part 9"
  35. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 2"
  36. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 5"
  37. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 12"
  38. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 13"
  39. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 11"
  40. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 15"
  41. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 17"
  42. ↑ Twin Peaks – "Part 18"
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