List of Deceased Characters/Others
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is often noted for the amount of casualties and fatalities that occurs throughout the series. The following is a comprehensive list of the deceased (either physically or mentally) from Phantom Blood through the ongoing JoJolion, as well as any other JoJo-related media.
Please note that this list consists primarily of canonical deaths; the deaths of characters from one-shots or light novels not written by Hirohiko Araki listed below may or may not be considered canon.
One-shots
Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe (series)
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Is crushed by a large bag of corn when he is forced to carry it after begging a man for food. He later becomes a vengeful spirit. | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 16: At a Confessional
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Has plastic surgery so that he looks like his master, and is subsequently beheaded by the vengeful spirit of the Asian beggar who was deceived by his appearance. | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 16: At a Confessional
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Has a fight with Naoko Osato after she tries to break up with him. He is subsequently pushed towards a golf club, which is stuck at the back of Gunpei's head with the impact, instantly killing him. | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill
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After Kyoka Izumi fails twice the test of the gods of the mountains, her loved ones pay the price. Kyoka's mother dies of a heart attack while driving with Kyoka's fiancé. In the resulting accident, both die. | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 5: Millionaire Village
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When a colony of strange insects named Coire electricus lorenzinia who were attracted to his diseased heart fed on the electrical impulses of his heart, the subsequent heart attack killed him. | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 7: A Rainy Monday
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Dies in a car accident. | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 8: Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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Yoma Hashimoto breaks her neck and entombs her corpse in cement because she threw him out of her house and once served him pasta, "disrupting" his draconian training regime | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 9: The Run
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Rings the doorbell and interrupts Yoma Hashimoto's sleeping time. Yoma severs his carotid artery and entombs his corpse in cement for this. | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 9: The Run
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A gym patron frequenting the same gym as Yoma Hashimoto. Having booked Yoma's personal trainer at the same time Yoma wanted to be coached, the patron is assaulted by Yoma who locks him in a stranglehold and beats him against a wall until death. | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 9: The Run
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Deadman's Questions
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Is stabbed in the back by Yoshikage Kira's ghost. | Deadman's Questions
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Rohan at the Louvre
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Nanase died a long time ago of unknown causes. Her ghost is bound to the painting "Under the Moon". | Rohan at the Louvre
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Three centuries ago, Yamamura was executed by beheading for chopping down an ancient tree protected by decree. | Rohan at the Louvre
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Prior to the events of the one-shot, Pierre drowned in a lake during a picnic while his mother Noguchi was distracted. | Rohan at the Louvre
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Rohan Kishibe's grandmother died one year prior to the events of the one-shots, presumably of old age. | Rohan at the Louvre
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Noguchi is forced to experience her son's drowning and her body becomes bloated with water, killing her. | Rohan at the Louvre
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Gaucher is forced to experience the death of a pedestrian he once crashed into and his body is crushed as if run over by a car. | Rohan at the Louvre
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As former soldiers, the firefighters experience the death of an enemy they killed on the battlefield. The first of them dies with a gruesome shot to the head. The second firefighter has his body riddled with bullets. | Rohan at the Louvre
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Dolce and His Master
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Drowned after Masago's yacht crashes onto a rock, and her body is retrieved on deck. Masago blames her for having them crash onto a rock by taking off her clothes and distracting him. Flies start buzzing around her corpse six days later. Later on, a cannibalistic Masago plans to eat her corpse, but her corpse was already snatched by nearby sharks, leaving only her foot behind. | Dolce and His Master
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Stranded on a boat in the middle of the sea with no communication device, an insane Ayashi tries to kill and eat his cat, Dolce. Ayashi eventually catches Dolce and takes a bite out of him, but Dolce dives into his Ayashi's throat and forces his neck and chest to burst open, killing him. His body plunges into the shark-infested waters afterwards. | Dolce and His Master
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Baoh the Visitor
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In the manga, Sophine is held responsible for Baoh and Sumire's escape and is executed by Dress. Her body is found on a beach. In the OVA, she dies impaled by a falling stalactite. | Baoh the Visitor
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After the assassin fails to kill Ikuro, Baoh grabs his face and melts his head. 22nd Man's car crashes. | Baoh the Visitor
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Baoh shoots his special hair into the beastmaster's face, which combust and consume his head. | Baoh the Visitor
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Baoh rips out the mandrill's heart and splits its head with a karate chop. | Baoh the Visitor
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In the manga, Dordo returns to Dr. Kasuminome after having failed to assassinate Baoh and is executed by Walken. The psychic atomizes him. In the OVA, Dordo tries to snipe Baoh with an explosive bullet but Baoh returns the bullet back at his helicopter, making it explode. Dordo dies in the crash. | Baoh the Visitor
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Cain & Bloody jump out to fight Baoh. However, Baoh generates a powerful electrical field that fries and destroys both of them. | Baoh the Visitor
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Baoh fights Walken and plugs a laser turret to his arm, supplying the weapon with his energy. Baoh shoots Walken and splits his head in two with the laser beam. | Baoh the Visitor
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In the cavern under the Dress laboratory, Dr. Kasuminome dies when a couple of stalactite fall on him and impale his chest. | Baoh the Visitor
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Poker Under Arms
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Don Peckinpah and Mike Harper decide to play poker and in a crucial hand, both of them cheat to display a four of a kind, queen. While they both draw their guns at each other, an old beggar uses the opportunity to throw a molotov cocktail at them, killing them both. | Poker Under Arms
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Outlaw Man
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Pinkerton detectives pursuing the outlaw man. One of their own tries to ambush the outlaw but is defeated. When the rest of the group comes, they execute him for trying to get the bounty alone. The rest of them are then ambushed by the outlaw. Although the detectives hide behind a rock, the outlaw uses ricochets to kill two of them and gravely wound the third man. | Outlaw Man
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Gorgeous Irene
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The tailor offends Lauper by showing defiance. In response, she uses her hardening gum to pierce his head. | Gorgeous Irene
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Irene throws her fake nails at the henchwomen, hitting them in their vitals such as the neck, or the center of the forehead. | Gorgeous Irene
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Lauper is hypnotized by Gorgeous Irene through the latter's lipstick. Irene manipulates her into splitting herself in half with a chainsaw. | Gorgeous Irene
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The butler confronts a female assassin who cuts his throat. | Gorgeous Irene
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Irene's father is killed during a gang war as his boss' organisation is attacked by rival gangsters. | Gorgeous Irene
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An assassin tries to attack Irene with a deadly swarm of fire ants, protecting herself with a bug repellant. Irene's make-up also repels the ants and she hypnotizes the assassin with her lipstick. The assassin is forced to open her mouth and let the bugs go inside her throat. She also falls out of the window. | Gorgeous Irene
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A gang leader living in Chicago. He is found in his home and seems to have slit his own throat. It is implied Irene was responsible for his death. | Gorgeous Irene
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Other Works/Media
(The information below derives from works and media not written by Araki. As such, it may or may not be considered canon.)
Light Novels
GioGio's Bizarre Adventure II: Golden Heart, Golden Ring
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Coniglio's grandmother died in a car accident
This caused Coniglio to take up his job as a cleaning woman in a hotel |
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Fugo activated the Purple Haze virus, killing several people around, including Winona. | GioGio's Bizarre Adventure II: Golden Heart, Golden Ring
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At the hotel, several people died from the Purple Haze virus. | GioGio's Bizarre Adventure II: Golden Heart, Golden Ring
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Rigatoni is killed when he shoots a bat that Gold Experience has created. The damage is returned to him and he dies. | GioGio's Bizarre Adventure II: Golden Heart, Golden Ring
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Lopez is reduced to a pulp as Sticky Fingers pummels him. | GioGio's Bizarre Adventure II: Golden Heart, Golden Ring
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The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day
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Dies between the buildings after giving birth to Takuma Hasumi. 12 years later, her mother and father die, with her mother dying 6 months before the father. | The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day
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Murdered by Takuma using his stand, The Book. Takuma projects a fatal memory of a car cash, based on a memory from his own life onto Orikasa, having her bleed out. She is witnessed by her cat, Trinita, who Takuma doesn't kill due to his ability not working on cats. | The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day
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Stabbed by Chiho Futaba after learning that she is the half-brother of Takuma. Shortly after, she burns her own house down. | The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day
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Kills himself by slipping out of his jacket (which Josuke Higashikata was holding onto), falling off the roof of the Thorn Library. | The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day
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Purple Haze Feedback
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After punching Vittorio Cataldi's chest with Kraft Work, attempting to lock his heart in place, Vittorio reflects the attack using his stand Dolly Dagger. Vittorio kicks Sale's body showing his heart locked in the air, which leads to Sale's death. | Purple Haze Feedback
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Controlled by Manic Depression, he is used to attack Sheila E. After getting trapped by Voodoo Child's lips, Zucchero's body crumples, his blood is gushed out, and he starts to inflate, destroying his body. | Purple Haze Feedback
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After trapping Pannacotta Fugo by locking the sensation of stumbling onto him with Rainy Day Dream Away, he then trapping Sheila E by locking the thought of not being able to win the fight. Afterwards, he starts to interrogate Cannolo Murolo, giving enough time to Fugo reappear and punch him with Purple Haze, breaking Kocaqi's neck and destroying his body with Purple Haze's killer virus. | Purple Haze Feedback
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In an attempt to kill Cannolo Murolo, he stabs himself with Dolly Dagger, reflecting part of the damage to Murolo, however, the damage is minimized due to Murolo's stand All Along the Watchtower. After trying multiple times to cause significant damage to Murolo, Vittorio bleeds out. | Purple Haze Feedback
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After stabbing Fugo and traps him in a zombie-like horde controlled by her stand Nightbird Flying, she makes herself easy to spot. Fugo manages to attack Angelica with Purple Haze, destroying her body with Purple Haze's killer virus. | Purple Haze Feedback
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After trying to attack Fugo, Fugo bites a virus capsule he had hidden in his mouth and sprays the killer virus on Volpe's face, destroying his body. | Purple Haze Feedback
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JORGE JOESTAR
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Antonio is devoured by his father Alejandro Torres, making him become a zombie. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 1
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Alejandro's body is completely disintegrated by Lisa Lisa's Indigo Ripple Overdrive | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 1
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All victims were killed in locked rooms. George Joestar and Tsukumojuku Kato investigated and eventually found out that Javier Cortes was behind the murders. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 2
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Javier was caught by the Spanish police in La Palma. They beat him to death with their batons and by night his body is thrown into the sea. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 2
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Leonora commits suicide after discovering that Javier Cortes had died. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 2
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Tsukumojuku is found dead in Morioh with his throat cut and an axe on his shoulder. It is later discovered that Antonio Torres was responsible for his death. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 2
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Sachiari was found dead on top of a stuffed giant tortoise. It is later discovered that Antonio Torres was responsible for his death. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 3
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Nekoneko was found dead beside Angelo Stone, surrounded by several stuffed cats and dogs. It is later discovered that Antonio Torres was responsible for her death. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 3
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People of La Palma church |
After they saw the Mothman, they went hysterical to the point where they started to burn the church down. Seventy people ended up dying in the fire. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 5
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Kira's Victim |
Body exploded by Yoshikage Kira 37. Only her hands were left intact. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 6
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After he and his friends discover Yoshikage Kira 37's identity, Kira kills Shigetaka by blowing him up with Killer Queen as a warning that no one else should come after him. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 6
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After being forced to change Yoshikage Kira 37's face with her Stand Face/Off, Kira blows her up as a warning that no one else should come after him. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 6
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Kenton is stabbed 23 times to death by Antonio Torres. Later, he transforms her into a zombie. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 7
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Cioccolata 37, Secco 37, Prosciutto 37, Pesci 37, Ghiaccio 37, and Melone 37 ambush and murder them. Secco's Evil Dead conceals the harbor, making their actions invisible to those within the island, such as Bruno Bucciarati37. One man manages to escape and tries waving desperately toward Morioh for help before he is killed as well. The Mafia members move the bodies out of sight by dropping the bodies in the water between the boats, or by tossing them into the tall grass by the side of the road to the harbor. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 8
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Charles died in a plane crash, traumatizing John Moore-Brabazon and making him never fly a plane again | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 9
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It is mentioned that Harriet committed suicide, it made Steven Motorize reawaken his wound | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 9
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Pocoloco died with a gunshot coming from Rear Window | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10
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In the middle of his battle against Funnier Valentine, Rear Window ended up hitting the soundman in the head, killing him | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10
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Narancia Ghirga 37 used U-Boat to launch missiles into the spaceship, blasting Funnier Valentine’s body | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10
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Peter's plane was falling apart, he thinks about jumping on Jorge's plane, but Jorge doesn't let that happen because the wreckage of Peter's plane would fall on his plane, Peter ends up falling from a long height and eventually dying. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 11
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Jim starts convulsing and groaning. Antonio Torres had dived into Jim's mouth, causing Jim to shove his hands deep into his mouth. He pulls out his tongue, along with flesh, parts of his ribs, and his internal organs. Jim slowly asks George Joestar II to help him and then dies. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 11
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Jonathan Joestar 37 have died in a train accident trying to stop Dio Brando 37 from Rob the train | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 12
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Dio 37 was trying to rob a train, but his brother,Jonathan Joestar 37 tried to stop him, but both ended up dying when the train suffered an accident | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 12
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After he and Kosaku Kawajiri 37 managed to avoid Bite the Dust, Enrico Pucci 37 uses Made In Heaven to kill the two by slitting their throats | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 12
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After he and Diavolo 37 managed to avoid Bite the Dust, Enrico Pucci 37 uses Made In Heaven to kill the two by slitting their throats | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 12
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After Antonio disguised himself as Jim Graham, he turned dozens of members of the Aero Royal Club into zombies, later they were sent to attack George and his allies | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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When Jim tries to attack George he ends up beheaded by the plane's elices. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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Several zombies are killed by George and Lisa Lisa. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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When George sees that Steven is late to be the best man for his wedding, he heads to the Motorize residence only to find the carpet on the staircase seeped with blood. He is confronted by Kenton, now a zombie, who lunges herself at him. George has no choice but to decapitate her with a fireplace poker. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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Willian ends up having all his organs devoured from the inside out by Antonio Torres, then possessing Willian's body | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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He and his whole family are turned into zombies by Antonio Torres | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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Her and his whole family are turned into zombies by Antonio Torres | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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He and his whole family are turned into zombies by Antonio Torres | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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Antonio is killed by Lisa Lisa after she thinks George had died | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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all 920,000 Antonios have their bodies torn by Penelope de la Rosa's locked room | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 13
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Diavolo has his blood totally drained by Dio | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15
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Pucci is sent away by Gold Experience Requiem to a world where he'll wander for eternity with all his desires and actions being in vain. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15
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Dio pierces Giorno's heart with a sword. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15
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Antonio Torres's fate is sealed when Lisa Lisa hits him with a Ripple Technique empowered by the Red Stone of Aja: the Sunset Orange Overdrive. The Ripple slowly but surely disintegrates his giant body, although Kars prolongs his life by accelerating time and make him molt more skin. He dies offscreen. | JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15
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Others
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
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Kicks Jotaro with The World after being countered with a Time Stop by Jotaro and Star Platinum. However, Star Platinum's fist connects with The World's leg, shattering the Stand and DIO with it. The resulting force and impact causes DIO's head and right arm to explode. | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
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Tries escaping to multiple parallel dimensions, but is confronted by Heaven Ascension DIO who teleports him to his alternate universe. Valentine is then interrogated as DIO asks him what information he told Jotaro. DIO offers to give Valentine the reality that he wishes for, and that it would be a shame to kill a powerful Stand user like him. Without a speck of hesitation, Valentine refuses for the sake of justice. He essentially buys some time for the Joestars by sacrificing himself, allowing them to prepare before taking on DIO. After Valentine is defeated, DIO overwrites his reality with The World Over Heaven, and he ceases to exist. | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
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Faced with interrogation after his defeat at the hands of Jotaro Kujo and Jolyne Cujoh, refuses to tell the Joestar Group any secrets regarding DIO's new Stand. Instead, he climbs the banister in the Joestar Mansion and throws himself off, committing suicide as he is impaled upon the statue of the Joestar family's guardian angel. | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
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Attacks Heaven Ascension DIO to protect her father but her reality is instantly rewritten and her soul is absorbed, leaving Jotaro to be the final person remaining. | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
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They all have their souls absorbed by Heaven Ascension DIO along with the parts of the Holy Corpse. The power of their souls allows The World Over Heaven to be fully charged. | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
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Attempts to kill Jotaro in his alternate universe, but fails to do so after the latter throws the armlet of the original DIO at him. The two armlets collide based on the principle of two similar objects from different universes cancelling each other out. This completely destroys DIO's arms, allowing Jotaro an opportunity to win. Star Platinum: The World Over Heaven delivers several rush punches to DIO, causing him to explode and become erased from history. Thus, the reality that was altered by DIO reverts and sends everybody home to their original timelines. Only Jotaro remembers the events that occurred but in the new timelines, the allies who originally died would now remain alive. | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
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