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Berlioz's Death Under the Tram-Car from "The Master and Margarita". Berlioz, attempting to leave the Patriarch's Ponds, slips on the spilled sunflower oil and falls under a tram-car, which decapitates him.

immediately after the conversation at the Patriarch's Ponds

Berlioz's Death Under the Tram-Car

Berlioz, attempting to leave the Patriarch's Ponds, slips on the spilled sunflower oil and falls under a tram-car, which decapitates him. This fulfills Woland's earlier prediction. Ivan Homeless witnesses the accident and realizes that the mysterious foreigner knew about it in advance. The event triggers Ivan's frantic chase after Woland and his retinue.