Thanos ' death inAvengers : Endgameis a big moment for theMCU , but it is n’t even the most authoritative one . The last eleven years have escort Marvel Studios bring   many memorable characters to the big screen . As dear as they may be , there also comes a time when some of these eccentric must pass on the MCU behind permanently . However , Marvel ’s shared universe of discourse has enchant some flack in the past for not being able to do that .

early on on , they appeared to be cognitive content " kill " characters only to bring them back in a light amount of time . Loki ’s faked his death on several occasions , and one of the most significant moment in the MCU was seeing one-half of the existence disappear at the end ofAvengers : Infinity War . Those ostensible death puzzle out at the mo for the characters , but some viewers did n’t unite knowing major enfranchisement stars like Black Panther and Spider - Man would surely return .

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Avengers : Endgamedelivers on that opinion , but it also comes at a cost with a few prominent characters die . It even includedtwo different deaths for Thanos , as Thor beheaded the one from the chief timeline and the 2014 one was snap by by Iron Man . Thanos ' destruction is the ending of the Infinity Saga , but Screen Rant ’s new video focuses on 25 other MCU deaths that are more important to the epic story than the closing of the disturbed Titan . crack out the full inclination of entries in the picture at the top of this post .

Withso many injured party , each is either important for the overarching story or the electric arc of a fussy hero . One of the running themes of the list are the deaths of parents or even parental image . Black Panther ’s dad T’Chaka , Star - Lord ’s mother   Meredith Quill , Star - Lord ’s biologic father Ego and   daddy   Yondu , Thor ’s mom Frigga and dad Odin , and Iron Man ’s parent Howard and Maria Stark all are improbably important in the MCU . Then , there are also deaths of hero like Phil Coulson , Vision and Quicksilver , of villain like Killmonger , Hela , and Obadiah Stane , of mentor like the Ancient One and Abraham Erskine that left an impact .

Even with a list of name as imposing as this , there are even more that did n’t get mentioned in the picture who are more than worthy . Gamora ’s death inInfinity Warwas amassive moment for that filmand will undoubtedly have a major encroachment onGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3 in one way or another . Meanwhile , Black Widow give her lifefor the Avengers , and Iron Man ’s death will   ring through theMCUfor many years to fare .

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