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Marvel Studios has rounded out Phase Four of the MCU with another poignant speculation on heartbreak . Black Panther : Wakanda Foreverfocuses on the corporate national mourning come the overtaking of King T’Challa , but T’Challa is n’t the only grapheme with a tragical death in the movie . His mother , Queen Ramonda , is drowned by Namor in front of his already grief - stricken babe Shuri .

After Tony Stark , Aunt May , Yondu , and her own husband T’Chaka , Ramonda is the latest loving parent to drop dead horrifically in a Marvel movie .

Iron Man looking inside Sokovia in Avengers Age of Ultron

10Frigga (Thor: The Dark World)

For the most part , Thor : The Dark Worldis criticized for bolt following the Marvel formula and give up very short room for real worked up connection . But there is one vista that tugs on the heartstrings : Frigga ’s dying .

Both Thor and Loki are desolate when they lose their mother . The ensuing funeral ceremony in which Frigga ’s body is sent to the sharpness of Asgard ’s pee is one of the saddest funerals in the MCU .

9Meredith Quill (Guardians Of The Galaxy)

AlthoughGuardians of the Galaxyis in the main remembered as a comedy , it opens on a tragical notation as a young Peter Quill sees his mother Meredith succumb to her last illness and pass by . He ’s too frightened to take her hand , so he extend out of the hospital and gets abducted by aliens working for his biological sire .

Later , when Quill steals the Orb from Ronan and Gamora hand out to help him bear the brunt of the Infinity Stone , he ’s reminded of his female parent ’s final moments . This clip , he ’s ready to hug his family ’s love .

8T’Chaka (Captain America: Civil War)

T’Challa ’s bow inCaptain America : civic Warmirrors that of his babe Shuri inBlack Panther : Wakanda Forever . After losing his father in a terrorist approach , T’Challa ruthlessly follow vengeance against the valet de chambre responsible before realizing retaliation wo n’t solve anything .

It ’s inconceivable not to deplumate up during the heartbreaking crack of a devastated T’Challa cradling his Father of the Church ’s consistence amidst the smoke and chaos of the explosion .

7Wenwu (Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings)

At first glance , Wenwu seemed like yet another dysfunctional dad to terrorise the Italian sandwich of a Marvel motion-picture show . But the villain ofShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsturned out to be much more sympathetic than the modal MCU antagonist .

Wenwu is n’t just malign for the sake of it ; he ’s motivated by his honey for his former wife and the otiose belief that he can save her from demise . By the meter he pass to save his son , he ’s realized the error of his way .

6Odin (Thor: Ragnarok)

Odin does n’t fail in conflict or make a triumphant sacrifice . His expiry inThor : Ragnarokismore like Yoda ’s peaceable demiseas he accept that his time has come , bid farewell to Thor and Loki , and vanishes into tenuous air with the warning that he can no longer keep his wickedness estranged girl at bay .

The most heartbreaking part of this death scene is Odin ’s low - key fruit confirmation that he always loved his adopted son as much as his biological progeny : “ I love you , my sons . ”

5Howard & Maria Stark (Captain America: Civil War)

Tony Stark does n’t ascertain out the Sojourner Truth about his parent ’ end until twelvemonth after he ’s lost them . The final stage of Baron Zemo ’s plot to shoot down the Avengers apart inCaptain America : Civil Waris to show Tony how his parent really died : they wereassassinated by the Winter Soldier – and Steve Rogers knew .

Tony ’s sudden twist on Bucky Barnes is graspable after the repugnance he witnessed at Bucky ’s brainwashed paw . When Steve essay to stop him , Tony simply says , “ I do n’t care . He killed my mom . ”

4Yondu (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2)

Yondu is n’t blindly forgive for years of shaky paternity when he make the ultimate sacrifice to save his adopt Logos Peter Quill at the end ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 . But it is well-defined that he always eff Quill like he was his own son .

This is easily one of the sad patch points in the total MCU . If viewers do n’t shoot down up when Yondu tells Quill , “ He may have been your father , boy , but he was n’t your pappa , ” then they definitely lose it during the subsequent funeral fit .

3Aunt May (Spider-Man: No Way Home)

Both of Peter Parker ’s biological parent – and even his loving founding father figure , Uncle Ben – go off - screen before the MCU began . But even after suffering all that loss ( not to mentionthe passage of mentor Tony Stark ) , Peter lose the one person he had bequeath .

Before Peter ’s maternal trope Aunt May dies at the hands of the Green Goblin inSpider - Man : No Way Home , she imparts the all important advice that Spidey lives his liveliness by : “ With heavy power , there must also hail majuscule responsibility . ”

2Tony Stark (Avengers: Endgame)

Tony Stark did n’t become a dad until the five - year time startle inAvengers : Endgame , but it was instantly absolved that he ’s dedicate every secondment of those five years to his daughter Morgan . When he agrees to help the Avengers with the “ Time Heist , ” he does it to secure a brighter futurity for her ( and to save Peter Parker , the young ward who first wake the Father-God digit in Tony ) .

In a deleted scene fromEndgame , after making the ultimate ritual killing to shoot down Thanos with the Infinity Stones , Tony saw his daughter all grown up in the Soul World . She assured him that everything would work out , allowing him to rest and buy the farm peacefully .

1Queen Ramonda (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Grief is the central theme inBlack Panther : Wakanda Forever . Ryan Coogler address the tragic loss of enfranchisement star Chadwick Boseman head - on and used the movie to allow the cast , the bunch , and the audience to mourn him and process that exit . The sequel opens with T’Challa authorize forth from a mysterious illness , and at the center , Namor attacks Wakanda and drowns Queen Ramonda .

lose her mother is what pushes Shuri to take up the mantle of Black Panther and unite her people . Ramonda devolve in a profound visual sensation that inspires Shuri to give up on her ineffectual pursuance for vengeance and make redress with Namor in bitchiness of what he did .

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Split image of the deaths of Yondu and Aunt May in the MCU

Frigga’s funeral in Thor The Dark World

Young Peter Quill visits his dying mother Meredith in Guardians of the Galaxy

T’Challa cradles a dying T’Chaka in Captain America Civil War

Wenwu is killed at the end of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Odin dies next to Thor and Loki in Thor Ragnarok

The Winter Soldier kills Howard Stark in Captain America Civil War

Yondu dies in space to save Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Aunt May dies in Peter’s arms in Spider-Man No Way Home

Tony Stark dies on the battlefield in Avengers Endgame

Queen Ramonda on her throne in Black Panther Wakanda Forever

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