Where did Sherlock Holmes die?

Answer 1

In the books and most movies, Prof. Moriarty (his arch nemesis) and Holmes fall off the Reichenbach Falls. Sherlock survives, but Moriarty dies. The only reason Conan Doyle killed him off was because he grew tired of the character and the series, and it was distracting him from other projects. He brought back Sherlock Holmes because fans of Holmes got angry and forced Conan Doyle to bring him back.

In the BBC modern-day adaptation of Sherlock, Moriarty tells Sherlock that he will kill Sherlock's friends is Sherlock does not kill himself. This exchange occurs on top of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Moriarty shoots himself in the head, and then Sherlock jumps to his apparent death. At the very end of the episode, it is shown that Sherlock is still alive.

Answer 2

Arthur Conan Doyle decided to "kill off" his character Sherlock Holmes once upon a time. So he created a nemesis for Holmes, Professor Moriarty. The two battle each other for months, Holmes deducing Moriarty's plans and identifying his cronies and busting them one by one. Finally, Moriarty declares war on Holmes. Assassins were searching for Holmes. Holmes and Watson run for it. Finally Moriarty corners Holmes at Reichenbach Falls, and later Dr. Watson discovers signs of a struggle, and a note in Holmes' handwriting. Moriarty wanted to take his revenge personally and fought Holmes on the edge of a precipice. Both men vanished afterward, but there were no living witnesses to what happened. Holmes is apparently dead. And Moriarty must be too, or he would be crowing about defeating the great Sherlock Holmes. But fans refused to accept the death of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle finally brought back his character in the story "The Empty House". It seems Holmes defeated Moriarty, but faked his death to protect Watson. Assassins would have kept coming until Holmes was really dead. And Watson would have died to prevent that, of course. So, Holmes adopts another identity pretending to be Sigerson. And then Colonel Sebastian Moran tried to off him for real in "The Empty House". With this last thug dealt with, Holmes moved back in to 221B Baker Street and went back to being a "Consulting Detective".

He supposedly fell to his death at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland during a fight with his arch-enemy Moriarty. But because the readers complained Conan Doyle had to bring him "back from the dead" by pretending that only Moriarty had died and that Holmes had temporarily disappeared.

So how did Holmes "really" die? He didn't. He eventually retired to Sussex and became an etymologist specializing in Bees.

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In 1893 After seeing the magnificent Reichenbach Falls in the northern Swiss Alps Conan Doyle decided the place would make a worthy tomb for Sherlock Holmes. The Adventure of the Final Problem was published in Dec 1893 in The Strand magazine. People were so upset that many thousands cancelled their subscription to the magazine. In 1901 Sherlock Holmes reappeared in The Hound of the Baskervilles. However it clear that Holmes was not alive. This story took place before the incident at Reichenbach Falls. Later Holmes really was brought back to life in 'The Adventure of the Empty House' published in 1903.

Answer 3

He originally died at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland during a fight with his arch-enemy Moriarty.

However Conan Doyle had to pretend that Holmes had not actually died at all because of the adverse reaction from his readers.

Answer 4

In 1893 After seeing the magnificent Reichenbach Falls in the northern Swiss Alps Conan Doyle decided the place would make a worthy tomb for Sherlock Holmes. The Adventure of the Final Problem was published in Dec 1893 in The Strand magazine. People were so upset that many thousands cancelled their subscription to the magazine. In 1901 Sherlock Holmes reappeared in The Hound of the Baskervilles. However it clear that Holmes was not alive. This story took place before the incident at Reichenbach Falls. Later Holmes really was brought back to life in 'The Adventure of the Empty House' published in 1903. So he never really 'died'.

Answer 5

Once, at Reichenbach Falls, at the hand of professor Moriarty, in the book, "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", "The Adventure of the Final Problem". This upset Conan Doyle's readers so much that he brought Holmes back ten years later, never to die again (at least before Doyle did).

Answer 2: In 1893, after seeing the magnificent Reichenbach Falls in the northern Swiss Alps Conan Doyle decided the place would make a worthy tomb for Sherlock Holmes. The Adventure of the Final Problem was published in Dec 1893 in The Strand magazine. People were so upset that many thousands cancelled their subscription to the magazine. In 1901 Sherlock Holmes reappeared in The Hound of the Baskervilles. However its clear that Holmes was not alive. This story took place before the incident at Reichenbach Falls. Later Holmes really was brought back to life in 'The Adventure of the Empty House' published in 1903.

Sherlock Holmes is the world famous character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle ended the life of Holmes in the story "the Final Problem" in which Holmes fights his enemy, Moriarty, at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.

Despite his death, Sherlock Holmes will live on as one of the most famous fictional detectives in the world.

Answer 6

There never was a real detective, Sherlock Holmes. He remains, as always, a character in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's imagination, and our memory of literature.

Answer 7

He didn't during the series. Presumably, he eventually died of old age.

Answer 8

The reader is not told.