Object.find destroy?

If I use GameObject.Find to find a game object in the scene, once the object is found, how can I destroy it?

  var RIP;
    //Finds an object you want to destroy called "Deadman" or any other name
    RIP = GameObject.Find("Deadman"); 
    Destroy(RIP);

http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Object.Destroy.html