Death Is Dramatic. 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-Sentence/Musicalis Interruptus. It should be noted that this can describe a song a character sings as they die, or a song building up to (and ending with) the singing character's death.
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A Little Fall of Rain
The Judge's Return
Final Scene (Sweeney Todd)
Javert's Suicide
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