Edward Newgate, more commonly known as "Whitebeard", was the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and was widely known as the "Strongest Man in the World" and, after Gol D. Roger's death, the "Man Closest to One Piece". Before forming his own crew, Newgate was an orphan hailing from the island of Sphinx. During his tenure as a pirate, he was a known member of the legendary Rocks Pirates and later in life became one of the Four Emperors that rule over the New World, before his death in the Summit War of Marineford. In his prime, Newgate was a rival to Gol D. Roger, and following Roger's death, was widely recognized as the strongest man in the world, a fact complimented by having the highest active bounty whilst alive, and the second highest bounty of any pirate in history. He was an ally of Monkey D. Luffy and a central figure overall during the Marineford Arc.
Voice Actor[]
R. Bruce Elliot
Death[]
After Whitebeard's betrayal over his friend Marshall D. Teach, also known as Blackbeard. Edward got hit over 1,000 times by cannonballs, guns, pistols, swords, knives, and saws. After this, whitebeard began to collapse, and died. These were the last words
"No death, no doom, humans always go to heaven"
-Edward Newgate (Whitebeard's Death, The Saddest of Them All)