Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner (1955 - )
==Film Deaths==
*The Big Chill (1983) [Alex Marshall]: Commits suicide (off-screen) by slitting his wrists. Although his death is a major plot point, all of Kevin's scenes, apart from a brief glimpse of the body being dressed for the funeral, were cut, and he is completely absent from the finished film.
*Stacy's Knights (The Touch) (1983) [Will Bonner]: Beaten to death (off-screen) by Mike Reynolds. His body is shown afterwards when Andra Millian discovers him.
*The Perfect World (1993) [Robert 'Butch' Haynes]: Shot in the chest (having been shot in the stomach by T.J. Lowther) with a sniper rifle by Bradley Whitford who thinks Kevin is going for a gun as Clint Eastwood looks on in shock, he dies whilst looking up at a helicopter as he lies in a field.
*The War (1994) [Stephen Simmons]: Dies in the hospital after being taken off life-support following being crushed by falling rocks in a cavern whilst saving Bruce A. Young.
*Wyatt Earp (1994) [Wyatt Earp]: Dies (off-screen) in 1929. His death is only mentioned in the on-screen text at the end.
*The Postman (1997) [The Postman]: Dies (off-screen) of unspecified causes between the scenes in 2013 and 2043. We learn about his death when his daughter (Mary Stuart Masterson) shows a statue which remembers him like a hero.
*Message in a Bottle (1999) [Garret Blake]: Drowned while rescuing Jennifer Lamb during a storm.
*3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) [Thomas J. Murphy a.k.a. Jonathan Liebling]: Shot repeatedly during a shoot-out with Thomas Haden Church, Kevin Pollak, and the rest of the SWAT team. 
*The Guardian (2006) [Ben Randall]: Drowned when he sacrifices himself by letting go of the breaking lifeline, in order to save Ashton Kutcher.
*Mr. Brooks (2007) [Mr. Earl Brooks]: Stabbed in the throat with scissors by Danielle Panabaker in what turns out to be a dream sequence; he survives the movie in reality. 
*The New Daughter (2009) [John James]: Presumably burned to death/killed in an explosion along with Ivana Baquero when he deliberately drops a flare into a pool of gasoline in order to destroy the mound-walkers creatures to prevent Ivana's transformation.
*Man of Steel (2013) [Jonathan Kent]: Dies when he is sucked into a tornado after his ankle is injured whilst rescuing his trapped pet dog, meaning he can't run back to his family, telling Henry Cavill not to use his powers to save him. Kevin reprises his role in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice as a ghost talking to Henry.
*The Highwaymen (2019) [Frank Hamer]: Dies (off-screen) in 1955 from heat stroke. His death is mentioned in the closing credits.
*Let Him Go (2020) [George Blackledge]: Shot by Lesley Manville, after holding her and her sons off long enough for Diane Lane to run away with their grandson. 
==Television Deaths==
*Hatfields and McCoys (2012) [Devil Anse Hatfield]: Dies (off-screen) of natural causes.
*Yellowstone: Desire Is All You Need (2024) [John Dutton]: Shot in the head by an unknown person, on the orders of Dawn Olivieri.
==Gallery==
Ben Randall death.png|Kevin Costner's death in The Guardian
Kevin_Costner_man_of_steel.png|Kevin Costner before his death in Man of Steel
==Notable Connections==
*Father of Annie Costner, Lily Costner and Michael Costner
*Ex-husband of Cindy Costner
*Husband of Christine Baumgarter
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