diff --git a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/campaign/personnel/death/AbstractDeath.java b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/campaign/personnel/death/AbstractDeath.java
index 53988dce0b..5da721ba6a 100644
--- a/MekHQ/src/mekhq/campaign/personnel/death/AbstractDeath.java
+++ b/MekHQ/src/mekhq/campaign/personnel/death/AbstractDeath.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2022 - The MegaMek Team. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2024 - The MegaMek Team. All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * This file is part of MekHQ.
  *
@@ -18,18 +18,6 @@
  */
 package mekhq.campaign.personnel.death;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.time.LocalDate;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.ResourceBundle;
-
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-import org.w3c.dom.Node;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
-
 import megamek.Version;
 import megamek.common.annotations.Nullable;
 import megamek.common.enums.Gender;
@@ -45,6 +33,20 @@
 import mekhq.campaign.personnel.enums.RandomDeathMethod;
 import mekhq.campaign.personnel.enums.TenYearAgeRange;
 import mekhq.utilities.MHQXMLUtility;
+import mekhq.utilities.ReportingUtilities;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+
+import static mekhq.utilities.ReportingUtilities.CLOSING_SPAN_TAG;
 
 public abstract class AbstractDeath {
     private static final MMLogger logger = MMLogger.create(AbstractDeath.class);
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ public Map<Gender, Map<TenYearAgeRange, WeightedDoubleMap<PersonnelStatus>>> get
 
     /**
      * This is used to determine if a person can die.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param person      the person to determine for
      * @param ageGroup    the age group of the person in question
      * @param randomDeath if this is for random death or manual death
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ public Map<Gender, Map<TenYearAgeRange, WeightedDoubleMap<PersonnelStatus>>> get
     // region New Day
     /**
      * Processes new day random death for an individual.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param campaign the campaign to process
      * @param today    the current day
      * @param person   the person to process
@@ -158,6 +160,13 @@ public boolean processNewDay(final Campaign campaign, final LocalDate today,
         }
 
         if (randomlyDies(age, person.getGender())) {
+            // We double-report here, to make sure the user definitely notices that a random death has occurred.
+            // Prior to this change, it was exceptionally easy to miss these events.
+            String color = MekHQ.getMHQOptions().getFontColorNegativeHexColor();
+            String formatOpener = ReportingUtilities.spanOpeningWithCustomColor(color);
+            campaign.addReport(String.format("%s has %s<b>died</b>%s.",
+                person.getHyperlinkedFullTitle(), formatOpener, CLOSING_SPAN_TAG));
+
             person.changeStatus(campaign, today, getCause(person, ageGroup, age));
             return person.getStatus().isDead();
         } else {