Shakespeare really knew how to write a good death scene ...
"Lavinia (Titus Andronicus)
After being raped and mutilated by Tamora's two sons, Chiron and Demetrius, Lavinia is murdered by her own father, Titus, to spare her further shame.
Goneril (King Lear)
Goneril, the depraved scoundrel who concocts nefarious schemes against her father, Lear, and her husband, the Duke of Albany, commits suicide when her plots are exposed.
What's striking browsing through this list is how the characters of Shakespeare consider pride as important as mortality. If someone is shamed or does wrong there isn't any way they're going to be left standing after five acts. Unless it's comedy. Or a problem play.
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