The King Is Dead may refer to:

• The King Is Dead (album), the sixth studio album by The Decemberists
• "The King Is Dead" (Family Guy), the seventh episode of the second season of Family Guy
• The King Is Dead!, a 2012 Australian film
• The King Is Dead (novel), a novel that was published in 1951 by Ellery Queen
• "The King Is Dead" (Go West song), on the 1987 album Dancing on the Couch
• "The King Is Dead" (Tony Cole song), 1972
• The King Is Dead (TV series), a British comedy show created, written by and starring Simon Bird
• The king is dead, long live the king!, a traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch
• "The King Is Dead But The Queen Is Alive", a song by American singer Pink on Japanese edition of The Truth About Love

See also

• "King's Dead", a song by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Future with James Blake from the Black Panther soundtrack
• The Queen Is Dead (disambiguation)