The Dead is a 1987 film directed by John Huston (the last film he directed before his death, and released posthumously) and starring his daughter Anjelica Huston.

The Dead is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. It is the longest story in the collection and widely considered to be one of the greatest short stories in the English language. At 15,672 words it has also been considered a novella.

The Dead is the seventh album by the American deathrock band, Theatre of Ice.

The dead are those who have died, as opposed to those who are still living. It is an expression meaning everyone who has died up to that moment in time. It may refer to the deceased members of a family, a community, a nation, a battle, a war or the entire world.

The Dead is a rock band comprised of former members of the Grateful Dead. After the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann continued playing under two different names. After touring as The Other Ones in 1998, 2000, and 2002, the band officially switched to simply The Deadhttp://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/12/MN228379.DTL "Marin Icons Now The Dead", San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 2003 in 2003.