ironically, andy died on the same night that his frenemy den watts (leslie grantham) is murdered by his wife chrissie (tracy ann oberman). soon afterwards, andy's death is discovered by his friend and dalton's killer dennis rickman (nigel harman) – which prompts johnny to have him assassinated by his employee danny moon (jake maskall). eventually, andy's death is avenged when sam's brothers phil (steve mcfadden) and grant (ross kemp) resolve to help their lover sharon (letitia dean) bring johnny to justice for dennis' murder – as she and dennis were married and adopted half-siblings; this culminates with danny being shot dead by his brother jake (joel beckett), while johnny later dies of a heart attack amid serving life imprisonment for the murders of andy and dennis respectively.