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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', during the segment of Treehouse of Horror VI where they spoof ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''

* This is [[TheReveal revealed]] to be what happened to Nausicaä's father after [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge she finds the Tolmekian soldiers in his room and him dead]] in Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind.

* In the fanfic ''Fanfic/MortTakesAHoliday'', this is how Granny Smith's husband died.

* ''Fanfic/Sleepless'': In contrast to other deaths in the fic, [[spoiler: Vinyl]] passes away quietly: she dies off-screen, never waking up from the coma.

* ''Film/Interstellar'': [[spoiler:The novelization of the film shows that Edmunds settled into hypersleep to await NASA response after confirming that the planet was in inhabitable; while he was asleep a rockslide destroyed his shelter, giving him what's most likely the most painless death of all the scientists.]]

* In Fool's Errand, Nighteyes gets this. After being tortured and run to exhaustion, Nighteyes and Fitzchivalry sleep in the cave. Nighteyes gets up to go hunting and when Fitzchivalry tries to follow. Fitzchivalry wakes up just in time to hear Nighteyes breathe his last in his sleep.

* Discussed in WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons, which is where the page quote comes from.

-->'''Lisa''': "Bart, do you realise what this means? The next time we fall asleep we could die!"
-->'''Grampa''': "Ehhh, welcome to my world."
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', during the segment of Treehouse of Horror VI where they spoof Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet

--->'''Seita:''' ''(In a voiceover)'' [[WhamLine She never woke up]].

* In Thorgal, a girl escapes from a hidden valley inside a glacier, where "time was frozen". She goes to sleep and [[NoImmortalInertia ages to death]] before she can wake up.

* In the fanfic Fanfic/MortTakesAHoliday, this is how Granny Smith's husband died.
* In [[Gensokyo20XX Gensokyo 20XXV]], we have this with Satori, who passes away during the night when after spending the entire day enjoying herself since her sister passed away.

* In the film ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', Rose may have passed away peacefully in her sleep at the end (it's purposefully ambiguous).

* In ''[[Literature/TheBooksOfEmber The City of Ember]]'', this is how Lisa and Poppy's grandmother dies. After she starts succumbing to an unknown illness, she tells Lisa to go to sleep, and the next morning, Lisa finds her body still in bed.

* In the film ''Film/{{Titanic}}'', Rose may have passed away peacefully in her sleep at the end (it's purposefully ambiguous).

* On an episode of RedDwarf, Rimmer found a letter saying that his father (who of course died thousands of years ago) died peacefully in his jeep...er...sleep.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' Verse, elderly Professor Binns died while napping in the teachers' lounge. He then got up to teach his next class as a ghost.

* ''Literature/TheBooksOfEmber'': This is how Lisa and Poppy's grandmother dies. After she starts succumbing to an unknown illness, she tells Lisa to go to sleep, and the next morning, Lisa finds her body still in bed.

* ''Series/FullHouse'': Played straight in the Season 7 episode "The Last Dance." Jesse's grandfather, whom also becomes very close to Michelle, dies in his leep while staying at the Tanners.

* In the fanfic MortTakesAHoliday, this is how Granny Smith's husband died.
* In [[Gensokyo20XX Gensokyo 20XXV]], Satori dies peacefully in her sleep, having enjoyed herself for once one last time after her sister passed away.

* In the film ''Film/{{Titanic}}'', Rose passes away peacefully in her sleep at the end.

'''Also, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease. Too many people have died in their sleep to count.'''

Compare BigSleep, which is when a character's eyes close as they die, making it look as though they were sleeping, and PeacefulInDeath, which is when a person is content with their death, whereas Passed In Their Sleep just refers to a character who [[ShapedLikeItself passes while they sleep]] regardless of whether they thought they were ready.

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* In ''Theatre/StreetScene'', Mrs. Maurrant is last seen being loaded into an ambulance, barely conscious after having been shot by her husband. One scene later, her daughter sadly reports, "She never opened her eyes again."
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* In the film Titanic, Rose passes away peacefully in her sleep at the end.

Compare BigSleep, which is when a character's eyes close as they die, making it look as though they were sleeping, and PeacefulInDeath, which is when a person is content with their death, whereas Passed In Their Sleep just refers to a character who [[ShapedLikeItself passes while they sleep]] regardless of whether they thought they were ready. Contrast DiesWideOpen, in terms of eyelid position and consciousness when dying. Also contrast
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=szxe9xfbzto8f5znu9gqmzda Slain In Their Sleep]], in which (s)he is killed by an outside party ''while'' they sleep.

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Compare BigSleep, which is when a character's eyes close as they die, making it look as though they were sleeping, and PeacefulInDeath, which is when a person is content with their death, whereas PassedInTheirSleep just refers to a character who [[ShapedLikeItself passes while they sleep]] regardless of whether they thought they were ready. Contrast DiesWideOpen, in terms of eyelid position and consciousness when dying. Also contrast

Death is usually compared to sleep. We have a [[DeepSleep Deep Sleep]] and [[BigSleep the Big Sleep]], but there's also those times when a character has PassedInTheirSleep. This, of course, occurs when a character dies of a natural cause such as a disease, old age, or of an injury. And many people argue [[PeacefulInDeath that this might be the best way to go.]]

* In Thorgal, a girl escapes from a hidden valley inside a glacier, where "time was frozen". She goes to sleep and ages to death before she can wake up.