Crossword puzzle clue "beginning of a dead end"

"I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every place ..."

Beginning of a dead end

"For Lycidas is dead, dead ___ his prime": Milton

Film with the classic line "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead."

Trail of Dead "___ of the Dead"

Beginning of the line that precedes "Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!"

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's ___ ..." (Semisonic)

"In the beginning" is its beginning