Widow maker

Widow maker, widow-maker or widowmaker may refer to:

Common usage

 * Widowmaker (forestry), any loose overhead debris such as limbs or tree tops that may fall at any time
 * Widow maker (medicine), a nickname used to describe a highly stenotic left main coronary artery or proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery of the heart, which is very often fatal

Film and television

 * K-19: The Widowmaker, a 2002 historical submarine film
 * Widowmaker Cave, a fictional cave in the Northern Exposure episode "The Final Frontier"
 * The Widowmaker, a 1990 TV drama by John Madden
 * "Widowmaker" (American Dad!), a season 4 episode of American Dad!

Books and comics

 * Widowmaker (Marvel Comics), a 2010–2011 four-issue comic book limited series
 * The Widowmaker, a 1996 science-fiction novel by Mike Resnick

Characters

 * Widowmaker (Image Comics), an assassin from the comic book series Noble Causes
 * Widow-Maker, Pecos Bill's horse in American folklore
 * Widowmaker, a military unit in Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 3
 * Widow-maker, a Decepticon heavy from Marvel's Transformers franchise
 * Widowmaker (Overwatch), a character from the 2016 video game
 * The Widowmaker, an ace starfighter pilot in the video game Colony Wars: Vengeance

Music

 * Widowmaker (U.K. band), a British hard rock band
 * Widowmaker (album), a 1976 album by Widowmaker
 * Widowmaker (Dee Snider band), an American band
 * Widow Maker, a 1964 album and song by Jimmy Martin
 * Widowmaker, a 2012 album by Dragged into Sunlight
 * "The Widow Maker", a 1974 song by Robert Calvert from Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
 * "Widowmaker", a 1983 song by Pantera from Metal Magic
 * "Widowmaker", a 1985 song by W.A.S.P. from The Last Command
 * The Widowmaker, an album and song by Canadian singer-songwriter Donovan Woods
 * "Widowmaker", a 2017 song by The Black Dahlia Murder from Nightbringers

Vehicles and weaponry

 * Widowmaker, the Porsche 930, a turbocharged sports car with a proclivity to spin during aggressive but inattentive driving
 * Widowmaker, the ArmaLite AR-18 assault rifle
 * Widowmaker, the Winchester Model 1911 shotgun
 * Widowmaker, the Kawasaki H2 Mach IV motorbike
 * Widowmaker, the Martin B-26 Marauder, a medium bomber that was unforgiving at low airspeed in its early versions
 * Widowmaker, the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, an interceptor aircraft with unforgiving flying qualities
 * Widow maker, the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, a V/STOL ground-attack aircraft with a high takeoff and landing accident rate

Other uses

 * Widowmaker hill climb, a motorcycle/snowmobile sporting event in Croydon, Utah
 * Widowmaker, the bowsprit, a part of a sailing ship
 * Widowmaker, African buffalo
 * The Widowmaker, Delamar, Nevada, a former town
 * The Widowmaker, Barry Windham, a wrestler