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** In [[Literature/JurassicPark the first book]], the character Genarro actually lives, and isn't ignominiously eaten while on the toilet like he was in the movie. He even gets to beat up a raptor. By [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the second book]], he's died of dysentery.

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** In [[Literature/JurassicPark [[Literature/JurassicPark1990 the first book]], the character Genarro actually lives, and isn't ignominiously eaten while on the toilet like he was in the movie. He even gets to beat up a raptor. By [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the second book]], he's died of dysentery.
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** When he reappears in ''Literature/WolvesOfTheCalla'', Father Callahan reveals that the adult protagonist of ''Literature/SalemsLot'' eventually died, although not until his adopted son had reached adulthood, meaning he had at least a decade or so of by all accounts good years after the end of the novel. (It's worth noting, however, that he describes Ben as living to be elderly but Mark only being in his early twenties when he delivered his father's eulogy, despite there being only a 20-ish year age difference at play; it could be that what Ben went through prematurely aged him, but it's equally likely just a case of WritersCannotDoMaths.)

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** When he reappears in ''Literature/WolvesOfTheCalla'', Father Callahan reveals that the adult protagonist of ''Literature/SalemsLot'' eventually died, although not until his adopted son had reached adulthood, meaning he had at least a decade or so of by all accounts good years after the end of the novel. (It's worth noting, however, that he describes Ben as living to be elderly but Mark only being in his early twenties when he delivered his father's eulogy, despite there being only a 20-ish year age difference at play; it could be that what Ben went through prematurely aged him, but it's equally likely just a case of WritersCannotDoMaths.WritersCannotDoMath.)
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** Despite the whole plot of ''Literature/TheTalisman'' being about saving Lily's life, ''Literature/BlackHouse'' reveals that her cancer eventually returned and she died; but the two books are separated by a twenty-year TimeSkip and her death is hinted to have taken place not too long before the start of the sequel, so Jack didn't have to grow up without his mother, at least.
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** When he reappears in ''Literature/WolvesOfTheCalla'', Father Callahan reveals that the adult protagonist of ''Literature/SalemsLot'' eventually died, although not until his adopted son had reached adulthood, meaning he had at least a decade or so of by all accounts good years after the end of the novel. (It's worth noting, however, that he describes Ben as living to be elderly but Mark only being in his early twenties when he delivered his adopted father's eulogy, despite there being only a 20-ish year age difference at play; it could be that what Ben went through prematurely aged him, but it's equally likely just a case of WritersCannotDoMaths.)

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** When he reappears in ''Literature/WolvesOfTheCalla'', Father Callahan reveals that the adult protagonist of ''Literature/SalemsLot'' eventually died, although not until his adopted son had reached adulthood, meaning he had at least a decade or so of by all accounts good years after the end of the novel. (It's worth noting, however, that he describes Ben as living to be elderly but Mark only being in his early twenties when he delivered his adopted father's eulogy, despite there being only a 20-ish year age difference at play; it could be that what Ben went through prematurely aged him, but it's equally likely just a case of WritersCannotDoMaths.)

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* They survive the events of ''Literature/TheShining'', but by the time Daniel Torrance has to deal with a new threat in ''Literature/DoctorSleep'', both Wendy Torrance and Dick Hallorann are long dead (only to be expected, since it's more than 30 years later).
* In ''Literature/{{Cujo}}'' Sheriff George Bannerman, a recurring character in Creator/StephenKing's early Castle Rock stories, shows up briefly towards the end to be brutally ripped apart by the titular dog.

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* Creator/StephenKing is unsurprisingly fond of these; they happen not only in his direct sequels, but can crop up almost anywhere thanks to his extensive CanonWelding:
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They survive the events of ''Literature/TheShining'', but by the time Daniel Torrance has to deal with a new threat in ''Literature/DoctorSleep'', both Wendy Torrance and Dick Hallorann are long dead (only to be expected, expected in Dick's case and not entirely shocking even in Wendy's, since it's more than 30 years later).
* ** In ''Literature/{{Cujo}}'' Sheriff George Bannerman, a recurring character in Creator/StephenKing's early Castle Rock stories, shows up briefly towards the end to be brutally ripped apart by the titular dog.dog.
** ''Literature/NeedfulThings'' mentions that the protagonist of ''Literature/TheDarkHalf'', despite surviving the events of his novel, nevertheless eventually committed suicide due to the traumas he endured.
** When he reappears in ''Literature/WolvesOfTheCalla'', Father Callahan reveals that the adult protagonist of ''Literature/SalemsLot'' eventually died, although not until his adopted son had reached adulthood, meaning he had at least a decade or so of by all accounts good years after the end of the novel. (It's worth noting, however, that he describes Ben as living to be elderly but Mark only being in his early twenties when he delivered his adopted father's eulogy, despite there being only a 20-ish year age difference at play; it could be that what Ben went through prematurely aged him, but it's equally likely just a case of WritersCannotDoMaths.)
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* In ''Literature/{{Cujo}}'' Sheriff George Bannerman, a recurring character in Creator/StephenKing's early Castle Rick stories, shows up briefly towards the end to be brutally ripped apart by the titular dog.

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* In ''Literature/{{Cujo}}'' Sheriff George Bannerman, a recurring character in Creator/StephenKing's early Castle Rick Rock stories, shows up briefly towards the end to be brutally ripped apart by the titular dog.
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Anything That Moves is a disambiguation


* Jenny, ''Literature/ForrestGump'''s [[TheDitz ditzy]], [[AnythingThatMoves slutty]] childhood sweetheart was alive and well in the original book's MegaHappyEnding. But since [[TheFilmOfTheBook the movie]] had her contract and die from HIV, she's [[DroppedABridgeOnHim established as such]] at the beginning of ''Gump & Co.''

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* Jenny, ''Literature/ForrestGump'''s [[TheDitz ditzy]], [[AnythingThatMoves slutty]] slutty childhood sweetheart was alive and well in the original book's MegaHappyEnding. But since [[TheFilmOfTheBook the movie]] had her contract and die from HIV, she's [[DroppedABridgeOnHim established as such]] at the beginning of ''Gump & Co.''
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* ''Literature/TheJekyllLegacy'' (by Creator/RobertBloch and Andre Norton): The [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde original novel]] ended with Poole and Utterson discovering Hyde's body, and then reading the three messages Jekyll left behind. Early in this sequel, set just a few months later, Poole is abruptly murdered in the same manner as Sir Danvers Carew (bludgeoned to death), while Utterson subsequently dies in the same manner. [[spoiler:It turns out to be the doings of a woman who'd unwittingly consumed the Hyde formula some months before Jekyll and Hyde's deaths, without either identity ever being aware of her doing so, and embraced her dual nature; she's now seeking to claim Jekyll's estate for herself and to kill anyone who knew Jekyll's secret, including the doctor's recently-arrived niece.]]
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* Between books 11 and 12 of ''Literature/RangersApprentice'', [[TheChick Alyss]] and Crowley have both died, and King Duncan is on his deathbed. Also, Halt is retired.

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* Between books 11 and 12 of ''Literature/RangersApprentice'', [[TheChick [[DamselInDistress Alyss]] and Crowley have both died, and King Duncan is on his deathbed. Also, Halt is retired.

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