Any apoptotic process in a mast cell, a cell that is found in almost all tissues containing numerous basophilic granules and capable of releasing large amounts of histamine and heparin upon activation. [ GOC:mtg_apoptosis GOC:add http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11292031 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000097 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16605130 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12360215 ]