In The Day of the Jackal novel by Frederick Forsyth, the Jackal, the titular assassin, dies at the end. In the 1973 film adaption, starring Edward Fox as the Jackal, he also dies at the end.

Fred Zinnemann's reading of the bestseller by Frederick Forsyth features an immaculate central performance from Edward Fox as contract killer 'The Jackal'. He captures perfectly the cold precision ...