Avengers Infinity War cast: Who dies in Avengers Infinity War?

Melding together franchises from several of Marvel’s highest grossing films, Infinity War sees the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spiderman, Doctor Strange and Black Panther characters all coming together to try to defeat Thanos (Josh Brolin). 

Thanos is hellbent on getting his hands on all six infinity stones, which would make him the most powerful being in the universe. 

All of the Marvel Cinematic Universe characters must work together in order to prevent Thanos from killing half of the universe as they know it. 

**SPOILER WARNING**

Not all goes to plan, however, and right from the first ten minutes of Avengers: Infinity War, directors, Anthony and Joe Russo cause heartache for fans. 

Who dies in Avengers: Infinity War?

The opening of Avengers: Infinity War sees Thor’s people of Asgard, who had fled the planet on a ship when it had been destroyed, strewn across the ship in various states of injury. 

The very first death in the film is that of The Gate Keeper and Thor’s best friend, Heimdall (Idris Elba).

Heimdall managed to summon a gateway to Earth one last time to transport the Hulk, much to Thanos’ displeasure. 

As Thor (Chris Hemsworth) cries out, Thanos stabs Heimdall through the chest, killing him. 

The second death is many Marvel fans’ favourite character, The God of Mischief and Thor’s brother – Loki (Tom Hiddleston). 

Whilst Thor is restrained, Loki attempts to use his trickery to get close to Thanos, pledging his allegiance to the Titan before conjuring a dagger and attempting to kill the supervillain. 

Unfortunately for Loki, Thanos pre-empts his attack, and grabs the God of Mischief by his neck, before squeezing the life out of him. 

Thanos manages to capture his estranged adopted daughter Gamora, and the pair journey together to find the Soul Stone.

Greeted by Red Skull, who guards the stone, they are told the price of receiving the stone is that Thanos will have to sacrifice something he loves. 

Thanos cries as he throws Gamora from a cliff. 

Gamora dies, and Thanos gains another infinity stone. 

Towards the end of Infinity War, when all appears lost, Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) uses her powers to destroy the Mind Stone in the head of Vision (Paul Bettany). 

With the Mind Stone destroyed, Vision crumples lifelessly to the floor. But Thanos uses the Time Stone to rewind time – bringing Vision back to life, just to rip the stone from his head himself. 

Vision again is left lifeless on the ground. 

With the sixth and final stone, Thanos then clicks his fingers, causing half of the universe to disintegrate into nothing. 

This causes half of all living beings to fade away, removing all trace of them from the universe. 

Several of the Avengers succumb to this. They are: 

Black Panther 

Spider-Man

Doctor Strange 

Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier

Falcon/ Sam Wilson

Scarlet Witch

The remaining Guardians of the Galaxy – Star-Lord, Groot, Drax and Mantis all perish, except for Rocket. 

The heartache is not over after the credits, however, as former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Nick Fury and Maria Hill disintegrate in the post-credits scene.

Whether all that have died remain so will be made clear in the next installment of the Avengers, which is due to be released in April 2019.