AxKills - Custom Death Messages for Minecraft
This mod gives you complete control over the death messages players see in Minecraft. Now you can replace standard notifications with your own creative variants.
Main Features
This lightweight plugin allows you to customize absolutely all types of death messages available in your game version. You can personalize notifications for various causes of death - from falling from heights to encounters with hostile mobs.
Support for modern text formatting includes MiniMessage, hexadecimal color codes (#RRGGBB) and classic color designations (&a). Configuration is done through a simple config.yml file.

Compatibility
AxKills integrates with popular plugins: PlaceholderAPI for using dynamic placeholders and InteractiveChat for displaying the attacker's item through the %item% tag.
Management
The /axkills command allows you to instantly reload configuration without server restart. Using it requires the axkills.reload permission.