http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/the-30-saddest-television-deaths

From Mrs. Landingham to Maude Flanders.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/the-30-saddest-television-deaths

From Mrs. Landingham to Maude Flanders.



Lot's of sad ones on there.The saddest for me would be Henry Blake,coach and Edith.

Lot's of sad ones on there.The saddest for me would be Henry Blake,coach and Edith.


OMG, that Futurama episode is based on a true story???

:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

I'm very disappointed that Paul Hennessey (John Ritter) was not on that list. John Ritter really died and that episode made me cry for days. He was taken so suddenly and he was such a nice, genuine, funny guy. I still miss him. :(

Probab because this show is so old, but this one also isn't on the list. George Cleveland ("Gramps") on the first four seasons of Lassie. Midway through the shooting of the fourth season Mr. Cleveland passed away. The Producers intended to "Retire" Mr. Cleveland at the end of that season, Tommy Rettig, who played Jeff also wanted out of the series. The proposed episode would have began with Gramps having some kind of accident that would make him unable to run the farm. When he died the producers consulted several experts in the field, including clergy, what happened instead was "The Transition" Episode, which begins with the Miller Family having a Reception in the farmhouse (Presumably after the Funeral). Jeff's Mother gets a job in a different city, she sells the farm and she and Jeff Move away. A Childless Couple, Paul and Ruth Martin purchase the farm, and they adopt Timmy, who made his introduction at the beginning of the fourth season. Jeff gives Lassie to Timmy, and the series moved on. This was the end of the "Jeff's Collie" period and the beginning of the "Timmy and Lassie" Period.

As far as sad tv deaths, I dont see how you put cartoons in that list. I think from what Ive seen, Edith's death should maybe be number 1. You probably dont know but when Elaine was killed on Soap, that was very sad. Also, I'll put another 90210 death here. What about when Toni Marchette died in Dylan's arms? That was sad too.

I have to agree with a few of these... Prue's death on Charmed was really sad-or rather the aftermath of it was. Archie grieving over Edith's death was very touching; I love that episode. I haven't been keeping up with Mad Men that much but I did hear about Lane's death.

What about James Evans from 'Good Times' or Alice Garvey and Mary's baby from 'Little House on the Prairie'???

What about James Evans from 'Good Times' or Alice Garvey and Mary's baby from 'Little House on the Prairie'???

Yes! When James died on "Good Times", was heartbreaking! Florida slamming down that punch bowl, going, "Damn! Damn! Damn!" :(

I agree about Paul Hennesy not being mentioned! That was a horrible omission. It was in 2003, so it wasn't THAT long ago.

Here are a few overlooked ones that are memorable, at least to me:

----"All My Children": Dr. Maria Santos Grey... This one was heartbreaking. Maria, Brooke and other characters were on a plane that Brooke's psychotic boyfriend Jim blew up. Maria and Brooke had switched seats and Maria only had enough time to give her baby to Brooke before she was carried away to her death. Brooke felt guilty for years and Edmund, Maria's husband mourned her for over a decade until she returned from the dead in 2003, just as Brooke was about to marry Edmund. Brooke knowing Maria was alive struggled to tell Edmund who ultimately dumped Brooke, and reunited with the love of his life, who sadly, was suffering from amnesia and didn't remember Edmund, her kids or anybody else and was now going by the name Maureen Goorman.

Jesse Hubbard---- Bad boy Jesse and girl next door Angie Baxter were AMC's (and soaps) first black supercouple and were BELOVED, so much so that when Jesse, a cop was shot to death in the 1980's it was covered on nearly every major magazine of the day. It was heartbreaking.


Melrose Place:

Sydney. The death of Sydney Andrews was shocking, stunning and heartbreaking. Syd who had been the vixen of the show since her first appearance in season 2 had finally found love and stability with Craig and she was mowed down on her wedding day after tying the knot. Craig was destroyed and was just never the same.

Designing Women:

Reese Watson. For much of the series, Julia Sugarbaker was romanced by attorney Reese Watson played by legendary actor Hal Holbrook. Suddenly in season six Reese suffered a heart attack and died. Julia never quite recovered and the show lost a lot of heart. to top it off, as the series began Julia had been widowed by her husband Hayden.

Nice list. For me personally, Mark Greene's death on ER still goes down as the saddest of all time. What a phenomenal send-off.

Nice list. For me personally, Mark Greene's death on ER still goes down as the saddest of all time. What a phenomenal send-off.


That was a very sad one too.My saddest was Henry Blake on MASH.He finally got to go home and the helicopter crashed.It was heartbreaking!

Nice list. For me personally, Mark Greene's death on ER still goes down as the saddest of all time. What a phenomenal send-off.

That was sad, but to me the saddest was Lucy Knight on ER! i just couldn't believe that they killed her off!

That was a very sad one too.My saddest was Henry Blake on MASH.He finally got to go home and the helicopter crashed.It was heartbreaking!

His plane was shot-down over the sea of Japan.

I'm very disappointed that Paul Hennessey (John Ritter) was not on that list. John Ritter really died and that episode made me cry for days. He was taken so suddenly and he was such a nice, genuine, funny guy. I still miss him. :(

I agree. He should be at the top!

His plane was shot-down over the sea of Japan.


Thanks.I remember that now.It was after he got out of the chopper.I just assumed it was the chopper.Because i remembered him flying away from mash.After saying good bye to everyone.

That was sad, but to me the saddest was Lucy Knight on ER! i just couldn't believe that they killed her off!

Yes!! That was so utterly shocking!

That's like the only time you saw Dr. Romano act like he actally cared about someone.

What about James Evans from 'Good Times' or Alice Garvey and Mary's baby from 'Little House on the Prairie'???

Grandpa Walton. (When the whole family went to his grave to mourn Zeb Walton (and Will Geer)).

Grandpa Walton. (When the whole family went to his grave to mourn Zeb Walton (and Will Geer)).



Grandpa Walton was a very sad one too.

Another: Joan Bradford, (Eight is Enough). Actress Diana Hyland succumbed to cancer after filming the first 4 episodes. Joan's death was finally acknowledged in a Christmas episode in the second season.

But I too, agree Henry Blake's sudden death, on M.A.S.H. was the saddest, as well as the most shocking!!

Days of our Lives- When Bo & Hope's little boy Zack was a victim of a hit and run. Hope just lost it in the hospital. It was really emotional. And the driver that killed him was Bo's daughter Chelsea.


Also, when George and Mam told Webster that his parents had died and that they weren't coming back for him. They weren't on the show, but just them explaining all of it to Webster was really touching.

So you guys are talking about TV deaths where it's only written in the script unless the actor playing the part died IRL?

Then John Ritter and Joan Bradford would be the saddest since they REALLY died!

So you guys are talking about TV deaths where it's only written in the script unless the actor playing the part died IRL?

Then John Ritter and Joan Bradford would be the saddest since they REALLY died!



Yeah i was only talking about in script.John Ritter i agree in real life he is probably the saddest one:( He was a great actor and a tremendous human being.That was taken from this world far too quickly.If i remember right he was doing the show with Peg Bundy and Kaley.I can't remember what it was called.It was a good show though.

Yeah i was only talking about in script.John Ritter i agree in real life he is probably the saddest one:( He was a great actor and a tremendous human being.That was taken from this world far too quickly.If i remember right he was doing the show with Peg Bundy and Kaley.I can't remember what it was called.It was a good show though.

8 Simple Rules

Dude, how could you forget that??

8 Simple Rules

Dude, how could you forget that??


That is what i was thinking.But i wasn't sure.

Days of our Lives- When Bo & Hope's little boy Zack was a victim of a hit and run. Hope just lost it in the hospital. It was really emotional. And the driver that killed him was Bo's daughter Chelsea.




Good one. But the mother of all soap opera deaths was the death of little Barbara Jean "B.J." Jones on "General Hospital". Poor little BJ died after her school bus crashed and she sustained brain damage. Her heart was then transplanted into her cousin Maxie who had a heart defect. The writing, acting and directing all around was fantastic. Jackie Zeman who played BJ's mother Bobbie was heart-breaking, Kristina Wagner who played Felicia, Maxie's mother gave career best work, Brad Maule as Dr. Tony Jones, BJ's father was haunting and the return of Jack Wagner as Frisco Jones, Maxie's father and Tony's brother was a highlight.

It marked a high point in GH history and it won the series numerous awards and is considered the series golden era.

Also another soap opera one:

The death of Viki's daughter Megan Gordon on One Life To Live from Lupus was heartbreaking. It was one of the most horrifically sad moments in soap opera history. The show outdid itself some years later with the death of Asa Buchanan; after actor Phil Carey passed in real life. His memorial was a beautiful two-day event that brought back numerous past cast and culminated in a period of utter brilliance for the series.

Another sad soap death was Maureen Bauer on 'Guiding Light'.

Another sad soap death was Maureen Bauer on 'Guiding Light'.

Yeah, they never did recover from that death... I blame Jill Farren Phelps, she was EP at the time and allowed that to happen because of focus group testing.

Some more soap opera ones:

-----Stone's death from AIDS on "General Hospital", talk about a landmark moment in TV history. Although other characters had died from AIDS before (Cindy on AMC) this one really established something special, especially as it showed young people and how AIDS effected them. The fact that Robin who contracted the virus on her first time with boyfriend Stone, who thought he was clean, having been tested, was stunning, she was the good girl, the nice girl, she got the virus in a loving committed relationship. Even more amazing, she continued to live on the series in numerous relationships, went onto a successful career and continued to be the guiding moral compass of the series. She got married, had children, she lived a full life. AIDS didn't prevent her from living. A great story all around.


-----Baby Megan on OLTL---- Vki's other daughter, Jessica got pregnant by teenager lover Will (Jessica was also a teenager), and tragically after deciding to keep the baby was the victim of a hit and run by Dorian Lord, Viki's arch-nemesis plowed her down and afraid she'd be accused of doing it on purpose drove away after dialing 911. Months later, a grief stricken Jessica began to stalk and torture Dorian with notes calling her a baby killer.

Two more OLTL ones; the death of Luna Moody was shocking and tragic. Poor, kind-hearted Luna was shot to death while visiting her brother, Dylan at the local community center where she stumbled upon a gang altercation.

Poor, Blair Cramer was pregnant with Breadan, the baby from Patrick Thornhart, a man she loved deeply at the time. She was driving with him when her cousin Kelly Cramer, devastated her boyfriend Joey Buchanan had dumped her was crying and driving in the rain, and she hit her cousin without noticing it.

Might I suggest the "Soap Opera" examples be listed in a separate thread under the "soap opera" category? Only because there are probably dozens and dozens of sad deaths fans could come up with in that genre.

Might I suggest the "Soap Opera" examples be listed in a separate thread under the "soap opera" category? Only because there are probably dozens and dozens of sad deaths fans could come up with in that genre.

You may suggest anything you'd like, but I'm not sure it is all that necessary as they all apply to the title of the thread and we really haven't posted that many. Also, i definitely posted other, more relevant one's prior to mentioning any soap operas. I believe they fit the theme so I personally see no issue.

What about Lucille Ball?

Shocked no one has mentioned her. She was a TV mom.

You may suggest anything you'd like, but I'm not sure it is all that necessary as they all apply to the title of the thread and we really haven't posted that many. Also, i definitely posted other, more relevant one's prior to mentioning any soap operas. I believe they fit the theme so I personally see no issue.

:cool: Cool! No hard feelings. I just thought they deserved a forum of their own. Since Soaps are included I would like to mention Alice Horton of DOOL. What a beautiful tribute to the long time matriarch, Francis Reid. Many former cast members returned and were part of the storyline for a few weeks. Her memorial was very moving.

:cool: Cool! No hard feelings. I just thought they deserved a forum of their own. Since Soaps are included I would like to mention Alice Horton of DOOL. What a beautiful tribute to the long time matriarch, Francis Reid. Many former cast members returned and were part of the storyline for a few weeks. Her memorial was very moving.

I agree, that was a moving and very fitting tribute.

General Hospital did something similar when Anna Lee died and they allowed her character, Lila Quatermaine to die peacefully off-screen. The memorial tribute was moving and sad. Which reminds me, Mary Mae Ward, played by Rosalind Cash also got a moving tribute on GH when she died in real life.

I agree, that was a moving and very fitting tribute.

General Hospital did something similar when Anna Lee died and they allowed her character, Lila Quatermaine to die peacefully off-screen. The memorial tribute was moving and sad. Which reminds me, Mary Mae Ward, played by Rosalind Cash also got a moving tribute on GH when she died in real life.

And just now on DOOL, Lexi just died in Abe's arms. :(

what show is DOOL sorry just wondering that all

what show is DOOL sorry just wondering that all


I'm guessing he is talking about Days of our lives.But i'm not sure.

I'm guessing he is talking about Days of our lives.But i'm not sure.

Yes, DOOL is Days of Our Lives, a daytime soap airing on NBC.

What about Lucille Ball?

Shocked no one has mentioned her. She was a TV mom.

Lucille Ball didn't exactly die in any of her TV shows as far as I'm aware of as opposed to real life.

what show is DOOL sorry just wondering that all

Yes, Days Of Our Lives, NBC, daytime. Sorry I should have spelled that out. Actress Renee Jones has decided to leave the show after many years, and her character just died on Mondays episode.

Lucille Ball didn't exactly die in any of her TV shows as far as I'm aware of as opposed to real life.

Yeah, I didn't understand what was meant by Lucille Ball.

Yeah, I didn't understand what was meant by Lucille Ball.

LMAO! Sorry, wrong thread!

That was meant to go in the fave sitcom mom thread! :lol:

That was sad, but to me the saddest was Lucy Knight on ER! i just couldn't believe that they killed her off!
Truly shocking! Greg Pratt's death was also very awful and sad.

One of the most heartbreaking deaths would have to be Brad Snyder on As The World Turns. As if Katie wasn't one of my all time favorites on the show already, this storyline gave Terri Colombino/Conn some of the best material she was ever given in the role. So unexpected and sad. :(

Why are soap opera deaths included in the sitcom section??

Why are soap opera deaths included in the sitcom section??
This thread lists the saddest TV DEATHS - with DRAMATIC series included in it, that's why.

This thread lists the saddest TV DEATHS - with DRAMATIC series included in it, that's why.

Exactly right, the thread didn't say just sitcoms.

And yes, I realize this is a sitcoms forum, but frankly some threads lend themselves to discussion of all TV genres, there is really no need to have separate threads for each genre, and it seems like people only get upset if we mention a soap opera. Does it really make a difference at the end of the day?

Exactly right, the thread didn't say just sitcoms.

And yes, I realize this is a sitcoms forum, but frankly some threads lend themselves to discussion of all TV genres, there is really no need to have separate threads for each genre, and it seems like people only get upset if we mention a soap opera. Does it really make a difference at the end of the day?
:cheers:

Bringing it back to sitcoms, Valerie Hogan being killed off "The Hogan Family" was incredibly sad. The standout scene was at the very end of the episode in the attic, when David (Jason Bateman) finds the picture of his mom and breaks down. I remember that scene right away whenever the show is brought up.

:cheers:

Bringing it back to sitcoms, Valerie Hogan being killed off "The Hogan Family" was incredibly sad. The standout scene was at the very end of the episode in the attic, when David (Jason Bateman) finds the picture of his mom and breaks down. I remember that scene right away whenever the show is brought up.

That was indeed a very sad one.

When Carol's boyfriend Sandy(Matthew Perry) died on Growing Pains was really sad.

Dan Connor (John Goodman) Roseanne.

Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman) News Radio.

Chico Rodriquez(Freddie Prinze) Chico and the Man.

I remember that after Jack Soo passed away, Barney Miller did a tribute program in which they recalled funny scenes with Jack. But what I do not remember is, how did they actually write the character of Nick Yemana out of the series? Did the character die, or retired or what? Anyone remember?

Exactly right, the thread didn't say just sitcoms.

And yes, I realize this is a sitcoms forum, but frankly some threads lend themselves to discussion of all TV genres, there is really no need to have separate threads for each genre, and it seems like people only get upset if we mention a soap opera. Does it really make a difference at the end of the day?

Sure it does!

Because soap operas suck! :lol:

Sure it does!

Because soap operas suck! :lol:
They suck so bad that many of them have had 40-50 seasons under their belts. ;)

I remember when Joan died on Eight is Enough. Willie Ames character was unwrapping a gift his mother had gotten him, and he says She always liked Walt Whitman or what ever the gift was. I just broke down and cried to think she wasn't there to have him open the gift. Also knew that Diana died as well. It's nice to hear about shows older than the last 25 years on this thread. One poster mentioned Lassie with Tom Rettig.

Being a Dallas fan, I think one of the saddest ones was when Jim Davis died. They dedicated a show to him with flashbacks and everything. That show always got to me.

I remember that after Jack Soo passed away, Barney Miller did a tribute program in which they recalled funny scenes with Jack. But what I do not remember is, how did they actually write the character of Nick Yemana out of the series? Did the character die, or retired or what? Anyone remember?

You know, oddly enough, I don't think they ever said directly what happened to the character of Nick. They did a great job of dealing with the reality of the actor, Jack Soo's, death, but as for the character I don't know what they had in mind.

They suck so bad that many of them have had 40-50 seasons under their belts. ;)

You realize most soaps are extinct? Maybe 3 left? :wave:

You realize most soaps are extinct? Maybe 3 left? :wave:

Actually there are 4 left. But no matter the number, it's okay for some of us to enjoy soaps and it's okay for you to not enjoy them, however, there is no need for you to be so rude to us.

Getting back to the list, I was so happy that they included Mr. Hooper (Will Lee) from Sesame Street. A list like this would not be complete without him on it, because that special episode was a first in the children's television genre. Besides, it was also a fitting tribute to both the actor and the character.

Actually there are 4 left. But no matter the number, it's okay for some of us to enjoy soaps and it's okay for you to not enjoy them, however, there is no need for you to be so rude to us.

LOL...since when is stating your opinion rude? A lot of people dislike soaps.

That's why most have been cancelled even stalwarts like All My Children.

Replaced by a cooking show! :lol:

LOL...since when is stating your opinion rude? A lot of people dislike soaps.

That's why most have been cancelled even stalwarts like All My Children.

Replaced by a cooking show! :lol:
Quit hijacking the thread.

I remember when Scott, David Silvers friend accidentally shot himself to death on 90210 at the time that was a pretty shocking episode.

One of my earliest glimpse of death on a tv show was on Davey and Goliath
an animated type show I think done as a sort of religious program. Grandmother died and they show how Davey and his family coped. I cried thinking how Davey would miss his kind grandmother as flashbacks were shown. As least that how I remember it. I was probably around 6-7 of age.

I remember when Scott, David Silvers friend accidentally shot himself to death on 90210 at the time that was a pretty shocking episode.

OMG yes, that was a very sad moment, and it was somewhat shocking too for the time it aired.

Did you guys catch the last episode of Captain Power (The 80's sci fi show) when Corporal Jennifer "Pilot" Chase was gunned down by the Bio-Dread troops, and Captain Power tells her they'll be coming, but she tells him that she must detonate the Powerbase. Since being gunned and injured, she tells Captain Power that she loved him. Once the Bio-Dread mech Blastarr spots Pilot, she tearfully said goodbye to him, and then Blastarr tells Pilot to surrender by order of Lord Dread, Pilot tells Blastarr to go to hell, and detonates the self-destruct sequence, blowing the Powerbase to nothing, and this left Captain Power in tears. At the final bits, clips showing the best parts of Pilot's life are shown.

The reason why Pilot was killed off is because Jessica Steen (Pilot) wanted out of the series for some reason. There was going to be a season 2 of the series but they cancelled it.

I don't htink I mentioned this before but when Days went on that bloodbath killing spree several years ago and Jack Deveraux was hit over the head with a brick and died, I got really emotional during the actual death scene. Jack (Matthew Ashford) was the reason that I started watching Days and kept watching for years until he migrated to OLTL- where again I started watching for years. But the idea that the writers were going to kill his character on Days was just heartbreaking.

Another death that was very hard to take was Steve Johnson's who was ironically Jack's brother on the show.

OF course these are soap deaths and they aren't dead now. But hey, it was emotional when it happened.

Another one that comes to mind is when Dylan's dad "died" on the original Beverly Hills 90210. I will never forget that scene where Dylan is in the living room and he sees his childhood self crying on the stairs and goes to comfort him. That was such an emotional scene and then for them to play that song "Can't Cry Hard Enough" along with it. OMG....

I don't htink I mentioned this before but when Days went on that bloodbath killing spree several years ago and Jack Deveraux was hit over the head with a brick and died, I got really emotional during the actual death scene. Jack (Matthew Ashford) was the reason that I started watching Days and kept watching for years until he migrated to OLTL- where again I started watching for years. But the idea that the writers were going to kill his character on Days was just heartbreaking.

Another death that was very hard to take was Steve Johnson's who was ironically Jack's brother on the show.

OF course these are soap deaths and they aren't dead now. But hey, it was emotional when it happened.

That whole storyline was just awful! They even killed poor Maggie!!!

I just thought of another one since you mentioned OLTL--- Al Holden. I'll never forget how devastated Gabrielle was. And then years later, poor Gabby got killed in one of the most insulting and disgusting scenes in OLTL history.


Now, getting back to sitcoms:

----Remember on "Family Ties", the episode "A My Name Is Alex" where Alex's friend Greg dies in a car accident and Alex goes to therapy. That was a pretty sad episode.

That brings me to this quote Alex says...

"WHY AM I ALIVE?!"

Another one that comes to mind is when Dylan's dad "died" on the original Beverly Hills 90210. I will never forget that scene where Dylan is in the living room and he sees his childhood self crying on the stairs and goes to comfort him. That was such an emotional scene and then for them to play that song "Can't Cry Hard Enough" along with it. OMG....

I remember that! He was on the phone with that broad Kelly and sent Jack out to the car. He blamed himself and Kelly for years. I just kept thinking, "If he picked Brenda that would never have happened."

Grandpa Walton. (When the whole family went to his grave to mourn Zeb Walton (and Will Geer)).

Not to mention G. W. Haines! The episode dealing with his death (namely "The First Casualty") tugged at my heartstrings much more than the Zeb Walton episode!

MELROSE PLACE- Kimberly Shaw dies in her mother's lap.

Another one that comes to mind is when Dylan's dad "died" on the original Beverly Hills 90210. I will never forget that scene where Dylan is in the living room and he sees his childhood self crying on the stairs and goes to comfort him. That was such an emotional scene and then for them to play that song "Can't Cry Hard Enough" along with it. OMG....


Dylans dad on 90210 was another very sad one.Right when everybody was finding out he wasn't really that bad of a guy.And him and Dylan we're starting to get close.He got blown up and it was almost Dylan if Kelly wouldn't of called.That was a very sad scene with Dylan and his younger self too.I feel like ive had to do that with the child inside me quite a few times.

Mac Harper on "Cover Up". I don't remember how they wrote in Jon Erik Hexums real-life death into the show, but they did. Anyone remember?

Jon Erik Hexum accidentally shot himself in the head with a prop gun loaded with blanks on the set in 1984.

MELROSE PLACE- Kimberly Shaw dies in her mother's lap.

I agree, that was so sad. Especially because Kimberly knew she was dying and set it up so Michael and Megan would meet, and had a bit of a redemption before she died.

Another one that comes to mind is when Dylan's dad "died" on the original Beverly Hills 90210. I will never forget that scene where Dylan is in the living room and he sees his childhood self crying on the stairs and goes to comfort him. That was such an emotional scene and then for them to play that song "Can't Cry Hard Enough" along with it. OMG....


I thought Dylan's wife dying was a lil more shocking then when his Dad died but at the time they were both quite dramatic.

I thought Dylan's wife dying was a lil more shocking then when his Dad died but at the time they were both quite dramatic.



I don't even remember Dylans wife or her dying.I watched the first 5 seasons.Then some how season 10 arrived before season 6 from the library.so,i just got through watching the episode where Dylan finds out his dad is really still alive with a wife and kid.This show is awesome.I think i like it more now then i ever have.

I remember when Jim Davis died in real life and then having to go through it again as a character on Dallas. One of the other deaths that was so hard was George O Malley on Grey's . When he traced the numbers 007 in Meredith's hand I cried realizing it was George.

I think that the saddest death on daytime television was that of Luna Moody Holden (Susan Batton) on One Life to Live.

Two other deaths that come to mind are Joan Bradford (Diana Hyland) on Eight Is Enough and Grandpa Walton (Will Geer) on The Waltons.

So you guys are talking about TV deaths where it's only written in the script unless the actor playing the part died IRL?

Then John Ritter and Joan Bradford would be the saddest since they REALLY died!


The best example of this that I could think of where the real actor died and then the character was killed off was Kate Bradley in "Petticoat Junction" who was rarely mentioned after Bea Benaderet died in October of 1967 just as the show was starting a new season. The saddest moment from that season is when Betty Jo is expecting a baby and she thinks about how her mother was there for all of her important moments in her life but was likely to miss this one. She is shown reading a letter from Kate sitting up in bed and we hear Kate's voice-over in the background. It was the last time that Bea would be seen and heard on television and Linda Kaye Henning could not make it through that scene without crying. It was arguably the last memorable moment for what was up to then a great series to watch.

The best example of this that I could think of where the real actor died and then the character was killed off was Kate Bradley in "Petticoat Junction" who was rarely mentioned after Bea Benaderet died in October of 1967 just as the show was starting a new season. The saddest moment from that season is when Betty Jo is expecting a baby and she thinks about how her mother was there for all of her important moments in her life but was likely to miss this one. She is shown reading a letter from Kate sitting up in bed and we hear Kate's voice-over in the background. It was the last time that Bea would be seen and heard on television and Linda Kaye Henning could not make it through that scene without crying. It was arguably the last memorable moment for what was up to then a great series to watch.

What about John Ritter?

He got deathly ill on the actual set of his show!

In my early teens I would see shows where a death was involved and I just cry. For about a half hour after the scene had ended I still think about it and still be crying. There was a Peter Usintinov movie in the early 70's about Peter losing a son in the war and I'd cry. Claude Harmon in the Yearling,where the deer is shot, I'd cry, and a scene in Jimmy Stewarts "It's a wonderful Life" with the druggiest mentioning his son who died. There were times I didn't want to see a show for I wondered if someone would die and I would cry. Decades later I cry a little but thank the lord, I snap out more quickly.

Edith to me should be number one, James dying on Good Times should have been on the list as someone else said. One not mentioned but upset me, because I loved the actor even though the show at this point had got stupid, was when it was revealed Dan died on Roseanne.

I just thought of one. on Scrubs, Nurse Laverne Roberts was killed off in season 5 or 6 and it was very sad, very sad.

Dan's death on Roseanne didnt bother me because I didnt acutally see it. Roseanne mentions it but he didnt die on screen or off(thank god!!)
I thought Dylan's wife dying was really sad. I liked Toni on the show and I dont why they killed her off. People mentioning Dylan's father dying. Remember, you find out that Dylan's father is alive in the final season, so basically all that crying that Dylan did was for nothing. I will say that when Dylan sees the car blow up and he yells "DAD" and "JACK" and he starts screaming, that was damn powerful.

Dan's death on Roseanne didnt bother me because I didnt acutally see it. Roseanne mentions it but he didnt die on screen or off(thank god!!)
I thought Dylan's wife dying was really sad. I liked Toni on the show and I dont why they killed her off. People mentioning Dylan's father dying. Remember, you find out that Dylan's father is alive in the final season, so basically all that crying that Dylan did was for nothing. I will say that when Dylan sees the car blow up and he yells "DAD" and "JACK" and he starts screaming, that was damn powerful.

I don't think it would have bothered me either if it was just a flashback for Roseanne, but when they add in his voice over saying her name it made me cry ! lol

this is the most recent one,, lexi grey and dr mark sloan on grey's anatomy.. the lovers were finally reunited in eternity....

Another death that happened was on "Gimme a Break". The season finale was supposed to be a cliffhanger episode when Laurie Hendler's character married the pizza delivery boy which the cheif disapproved of (Dolph Sweet). Nell defended the newlyweds, but what will the cheif say?

Didn't happen...Dolph Sweet actually died wnen the cliffhanger episode aired, but I believe the newlyweds told cheif...and had a heart attack.

"Joey's Train" has Nell still shocked over cheif's death. But grandpa Stanley (John Hoyt) said to remember him as who he was.

JR Ewing of Dallas gets buried on Monday. Let's see how TNT handles it?

Two other sitcom deaths were Phil Hartman's character on "News Radio" and also on "Suddenly Susan". Did they have a special episode for their characters that they played?

Didn't happen...Dolph Sweet actually died wnen the cliffhanger episode aired, but I believe the newlyweds told cheif...and had a heart attack.


I remember someone in the "Joey's train" episode saying that the Chief had welcomed Jonathan into the family and then he told him that he was grounded.

Two other sitcom deaths were Phil Hartman's character on "News Radio" and also on "Suddenly Susan". Did they have a special episode for their characters that they played?


On Suddenly Susan, the character of Todd "went missing" and a whole episode was dedicated to finding out where Todd was. This was in fact a direct response to actor David Strickland dying from a suicide. The episode also featured interviews with the cast discussing David.

Isn't it true that they killed off Maude Flanders to punish the voice actress for not agreeing to do something or another on the show? If so, that's another reason to despise what The Simpsons has become, aside from just being creatively a shadow of its former self. (I'd look at the mention of Valerie's death on The Hogan Family with similar maudlin, considering what happened off screen)

Sunday December 29, 2013 is the 10th Anniversary of the passing of Earl Hindman who played Wilson on Home Improvement.

Here's my no. 1 saddest death: (Drumroll and cymbals)

Casey Randall from the 1988 Mission: Impossible

When Casey was scouting this woman dictator's HQ for her money before the IMF gets in on the mission, Casey is caught under the woman's surveillance cameras, and Casey was trapped when some guys with dobermans tracked her down. Casey is taken to the HQ, and in 80's crime craze fashion (Think "Scarface", "Miami Vice" and "Licence to Kill"), the woman dictator gave Casey a dose of lethal injection on Casey's left arm, and dies on the spot. Later, Jim Phelps got the info from the newscast that Casey is found lying in the ocean. Later, Jim broke the ice to Max, Nicholas, Grant, and Shannon that Casey is dead.

It was the first in M: I history to have an IMF agent like Casey to be DISAVOWED. And she was too beautiful to die.

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From Rita Morgan on Dexter and Adriana on The Sopranos to Opie on Sons of Anarchy, Col. Blake from M*A*S*H and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 deaths in television history!

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From Rita Morgan on Dexter and Adriana on The Sopranos to Opie on Sons of Anarchy, Col. Blake from M*A*S*H and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 deaths in television history!

don't forget about Jr Ewings death on dallas 2013 recently it was so sad there never be another Jr Ewing

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/06/most-devastating-deaths-in-tv-history/

The thing that distinguishes TV from film has to be character investment. Spend a season or longer following a group of characters—as opposed to two hours—and it's impossible not to get wrapped up in their respective sagas (and if not, the showrunner's doing something wrong). It's that hours upon hours of investment that leads people to lose their **** on social media when a favorite character dies.

Television has pulled the rug out with some pretty shocking deaths over the years, but this about those. No, this list is for the deaths that left you speechless, kept you up at night long after the episode was over, or sent you to message boards and water coolers for group therapy grief counseling. Read on for The 25 Most Devastating Deaths in TV History.

I must be out of touch with tv in the last 25 years , for only one of the shows listed I have seen is Lost. Roseanne was popular but I never got into it.

James Evans on "Good Times", even though "Damn! Damn! Damn!" has now become sort of a pop culture in-joke.

Henry Blake being shot down over the Sea of Japan on MASH

Edith Bunker dying on either All in the Family or Archie Bunker's Place. I just remember crying my eyes out as a kid.

Laverne's almost fiance dying in "Laverne and Shirley". It totally came out of nowhere on such a lighthearted show and it hit like a ton of bricks.

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Bobby Ewing on Dallas. The episode was heart wrenching. But happily it was all a dream!:crazy:


Also Laura's death on Knots Landing. Her farewell video was so sad........:(

Wow, apparently no TV characters died before the year 2000...interesting. :rolleyes:

With you all the way on that one Retro!C'mon,people,will ya?Coach from "Cheers"!I know there wasn't a terrifically big to-do about it,but they did make reference.And what about Edith Bunker passing from a stroke on the second year of "Archie Bunker's Place"?

I don't know how they're going to handle the death of Finn, on Glee!. Actor Cory Monteith passed away earlier this month, and he was the boyfriend of Lea Michele, both on and off screen.

10 Heart-Breaking TV Deaths You Never Saw Coming (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-heart-breaking-tv-deaths-you-never-saw-coming.php)

For me it would have to be:

Paul Hennesy -8 Simple Rules
Edith Bunker -Archie Bunker's Place
Edward Quartermaine- General Hospital the actor's death took awhile to be written into the show it was handled with dignity which ended with the back of the actor and actress playing his late wife walk into the light together hand in hand.

Marissa on The OC certainly on that list. Love the choices you guys have.

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OMG, that Futurama episode is based on a true story???

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Funny that you mentioned Futurama.
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His character didn't die on the sitcom. But Jeff Conaway from "Taxi". His death in real life was really sad. Especially after watching him on Celebrity Rehab a couple of times trying to get clean. He was just on so many painkillers for his back. :(

Also, I know his show was a reality show, but Steve Irwin from The Crocodile Hunter.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the death of CD Parker from Walker, Texas Ranger The actor who played him (Noble Willingham) left the show in 199 to pursue politics. The p-roducers wrote him in as going on a leave of absence and several episodes had Walker and friends have telephone conversations with him, then during the episode The Avenging Angel they get word he passes away. :rip:

Mr. Willingham really did pass away in 2004 :rip:

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Chuckles the Clown

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Let’s Look At Some Of The Worst, Miscalculated and Lackluster TV Deaths Of All Time:
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/11/lets-look-worst-miscalculated-lackluster-tv-deaths-time/

Henry on "MASH"
Edith on "Archie Bunker's Place"
Bill on "NewsRadio"
Paul on "8 Simple Rules"

http://whatculture.com/tv/10-inglorious-tv-character-deaths-actor-left-show.php

Starring in a TV show is a big deal – a long term commitment to something that will dominate an actor’s career for what could be a number of years. None of us are going to feel sorry for someone in such a privileged position, but it must be daunting if an actor is unhappy in their job. Sometimes a situation comes to the point that it cannot be resolved, be it behind the scenes problems or simply the talent wanting to leave for pastures anew. As such the character must leave the series, in a way that wasn’t the originally planned.

These kinds of exits can often feel extremely rushed, completely out of place with what came before it and in some cases the writers take the opportunity to give the outgoing actor the finger. Depending on the situation the exit can take place off screen or the actors may stick around to show the death of their character, but either way it just doesn’t feel right. The writers don’t always have a choice, so they have to make the best of a bad situation. Yet almost always, when a character’s death is unplanned it sucks. Be it the character, the story or the rest of the show’s cast, there is always a casualty.

A television series is meant to be a long-form story, something that takes a number of years to get through. Season after season the plot will develop and eventually a character may come to its natural conclusion, but if this conclusion is forced it can result in a notably poor departure.

With that in mind, here are 10 inglorious character deaths.


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As for soaps, As The World Turns had two of the saddest. For pure soap tear-jerking, the death of Jennifer Munson was near-perfect. Although the storyline leading up to the death wasn't so hot, the death scenes themselves were great. Jenn got to say goodbye to all her family members one by one, and when she said goodbye to her parents, Barbara and Hal....well, I just lost it.

Ironically, the actor who played Jen's father Hal (Ben Hendrickson) committed suicide a month later. When they finally addressed the character's death on the show, the actors seemed to struggle through their lines.

when the Hulk fell from the helicopter and died on death of the incredible hulk I can never forget that moment long as I live total heartbreaking

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This is a sad topic but one worth addressing. We don't usually associate memorable character deaths with comedy shows. Sitcoms are supposed to be, well, funny! But very often a sitcom will kill off a character unexpectedly, and that will stay with us more powerfully than any funny moment from the show. I want to talk about some examples today, and there is one important thing that all of these examples have in common but I will save that discussion for the end.

A few things to remember about this list before I begin. I am talking only about character deaths, where the actor was just fine. No episodes dedicated to a real death in the cast will be discussed, because those are naturally going to be sad. Besides that topic could be its own list. Also these have to be regular moments from ordinary episodes and the death has to be story related and not a stunt. And no episode where a character is killed off due to behind the scenes problems. Shows like Hogan Family and Two and a Half Men did this and in one case the death was just glossed over while in the other case the death was made into a huge joke and not taken seriously. Good Times at least took it seriously when they killed off John Amos's character, that episode is chilling. And finally, no cop out's, the character has to have stayed dead.

So with all that said, here are moments that sneak up on you when you least expect it. These are in no specific order. Oh, and we can argue whether or not some of these are really "sitcoms" all day, but they are considered comedies and that is enough for me.

Seinfeld

This was leaked by the tabloids, and when I first heard it I was apalled! I refused to believe it! Alas, it was true. When the time for the end to the George is getting married arc came, Larry David decided the only way out was to kill Susan off! How did this happen? She dies from licking poisoned envelopes that George picked out. Even for Seinfeld this was dark, and what really got people's attention was the reaction. In most of these examples the death's are met with tears. Of course, you can't have that on Seinfeld where Susan Ross's death is met with...apathy if anything. Of course who can forget the Pony Remark episode where Jerry accidently offends an aunt, who passes away the next day!

MASH

If you are AT ALL familiar with this show then you know what I am going to discuss, I could just stop here. But let's discuss it anyway. When McLean Stevenson decided to leave the series, his character of Henry Blake got a great send off. In a very good episode that ends with him saying goodbye to everyone, before boarding a helicopter for home. What happened next wasn't just a surprise to the audience, but to the cast themselves! They literally got the script seconds before shooting! As it turns out, the helicopter got shot down over enemy territory. After Radar gives this news (barely able to speak), the camera simply pans over the operating room. Not another word is said. It didn't have to. One of the strongest and most powerful moments ever.

The Wonder Years

This episode won for Best Writing in a comedy series, and it deserved it. We had a series of episodes dealing with Kevin and his new math teacher, Mr.Collins. At first he hates Mr.Collins. Then he agrees to personally help Kevin after school. As his grades improve Kevin learns to really respect the guy. Then one day Kevin arrive at school and when Mr.Collins doesn't show up, Kevin is mad at him. Until he finds out why he isn't there, the shocking news that Mr.Collins passed away suddenly. As time has gone by there is very little from this show I really remember. Meet the exception. Kevin learns a few lessons in this episode. In the end he aced the test and will always have respect for his favorite teacher. What a sweet and very well written show.

Scrubs

For such a crazy and funny show, man could it bring on the drama! There are several examples I could talk about but today I wanted to specifically discuss the infamous Brendan Fraser episode. I think Doug Walker called it the Sixth Sense episode, and he didn't like it. I admit it, the episode tricked me and I was moved by it. I will try to summarize this one briefly. Brendan Fraser's character is visiting, and before the end of act 1 we are led to believe that JD lost a patient we saw earlier. Dr Cox is upset at him while Fraser's character tries to convince Perry to forgive him and deal with his feelings. He does, and we realize that the person who died was Fraser's character! I guess Fraser had been a figment of Perry's imagination the whole second act because Perry refused to accept it. I admit this one got me, and I missed the telltale clue that the character's camera was missing after act 1, the camera he said he would have until he died. Nice touch and I liked this well done episode.

Growing Pains

I talked about this one a long time ago, but there was no way I could avoid talking about here. When you watch this episode you never, ever see this coming, it is one of the most shocking deaths I have ever see in a show. This is the famous episode where Carol's boyfriend ends up in a hospital after a night of drinking. For the most part it's a pretty average episode. At the hospital we see Carol talking to her boyfriend, named Sandy, and all seems fine. He is laughing and in good spirits. Everything looks like it will work out, until the Seaver's return home. Mike appears, and informs everyone that Sandy died while they were headed home. It seems he had been bleeding internally the whole time. The rest is one of the most emotional scenes ever see on a sitcom. This scene is about as sad and poignant as you can get, and Tracy Gold really sells it. The family hugs as the screen goes to black and it gives me chills to this day.

Full House

I put this one here for a simple reason which I will explain in a second. First, the premise. Jessie's uncle from Greece has come to spend time with the family. After doing just that, just before the first act ends we find that the grandfather had passed away between transitions. Obviously there is more to the episode but that is the gist. The reason I talk about this episode is because this is a VERY GOOD episode. I mean Full House has its problems but they don't kid around with this story. The family is devastated and grieving, and it was just a well done show. One small gripe with that episode has always been that Joey really is useless in it. But aside from that, great episode.

Will & Grace

When Will & Grace was nearing the end of its run, it got really dramatic for some reason. And boring, but that's another article. In one episode Will gets into an argument with his father. There is a misunderstanding and some things are said, and Will ends up leaving angry. At the end of the episode Will finally decides to take a call from his father who he had been avoiding since the fight. However, the call turns out to be Will's mother who informs him that his father just had a heart attack and didn't make it. Of course the follow up episode deals with Will trying to deal with the fact he never made peace with his dad.

Boy Meets World

Man was this show dramatic! This was a TGIF comedy right? This show had a teacher in a horrible accident, Cory's baby brother having trouble after being born, and Topanga's parents splitting up. But one of the saddest and unexpected moments has to be when Sean's father suddenly passed away. Much like Will & Grace, it happens after an argument between Sean and his dad. But unlike the other show Sean at least got to see him one last time before the end and make peace.

Of course, sitcoms having parents suddenly pass away is nothing new. Webster, Growing Pains, Roseanne, The Golden Girls, Home Improvement, and How I Met Your Mother all did strong episodes where a parent suddenly passes away. Each of these shows did a different take on what is a tragic yet inevitable part of life. The odd thing is most of these shows it's the father who dies. Except for Webster which did involve Katharine's mother. The way that episode handled the sudden loss of a parent made it one of the most memorable episode of that show for me. Roseanne was unique because she had major issues with her father, issues she was forced to leave unresolved except for a letter she reads to his casket. And Home Improvement had Jill having to accept the fact the last thing she told her father was a lie meant to keep him from visiting. At least on Growing Pains Maggie got some things resolved, even if her father still died before they could go on a planned father/daughter fishing trip. And while How I Met Your Mother was the most recent, it was as powerful as these other shows when Marshall’s father suddenly passed away in a haunting and heartbreaking episode. Strong stuff.

The Simpsons

Kind of odd to see this show appearing, especially in a category like this. But in one interesting episode we got a rather sudden death. Ned Flanders had a wife, but she was not seen often or fleshed out much. Plus the voice actress left the show. So the creators decided to use that as a basis in this one episode, where Homer accidentally causes her death! How? His antics cause her to fall off the top row of a stadium and plummet to the parking lot below. Of course Ned can't bring himself to blame Homer though he does almost lose his faith which is a big deal for this character. I almost didn't include this because of my rule at the beginning, but this was sort of a unique situation so I decided to mention it.

Alf

By the way, pets are not exempt from this. One of the running gags on Alf was how he kept trying to eat the family cat, Lucky. Lucky almost became a supporting character, making cameos every so often. In one episode the poor kitty turns up dead. It's actually a very heartwarming episode, after all we care for our pets just as much as people. I especially like one scene where a grief stricken Brian is mad at Alf and accuses him of hating Lucky. Alf assures him that was not true, and later when he adopts some kittens for meat he can't bring himself to eat them. Losing a pet is a tough thing especially for a kid and nice to see a series tackle it. Everybody Loves Raymond had a good episode about Ally’s hamster dying, of course Ray is a dufus through the whole show. Natually adults are not immune to pet death's, which an episode of Murphy Brown reminded us in one episode about Jim losing his beloved dog Trickster.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

I would be remiss if I did not mention one of the most famous sitcom episodes in history which centered around a sudden character death. The episode is the famous Chuckles the Clown episode. It is impossible for me to convey how funny this is in print, but here is the basic story. Chuckles the Clown was a favorite TV personality as host of a kids show and was a regular on MTM for a few years (in the sense that he was mentioned often, he appeared sparingly). After he suddenly dies after an incident with an elephant at a parade, everyone shares stories and laughs remembering him. Except Mary, who is aghast that people are laughing and carrying on. Then we get to the funeral, where everyone is grieving except Mary herself who gets a case of the giggles. Seriously this has to be seen so you can appreciate it, and besides the laughs the commentary on death is pretty profound. It was a very smart script full of laughs and TV Guide ranked it as the Greates Episode of All Time (in 1997). The real impressive part for me was that this was in the sixth season, how many classic episodes come from series that long into their run?

Finally, a lot of people may be thinking "What about Edith Bunker from All in the Family?" A lot of people may not realize Edith died after "All in the Family" morphed into "Archie Bunker's Place". As you may know I was not a fan of that show and just don't know enough about that to comment. I have seen the clips and it was a sad and beautiful episode, but wasn't it on the spin-off? Was it a surprise? I decided that to pretend to discuss it would be in bad taste especially seeing how the amazing Jean Stapleton really did pass away recently. She was fantastic; in fact she may have been the best thing on that show.

So what do all these examples have in common? What is the one thing they all do that makes these moments so memorable? All of the characters that died were characters we were familiar with. This is obvious with the MASH one, but even with the othesr we spent some time with these characterd and got to know them. Thus when we suddenly hear they died, it affects us more. In all the examples above these were recurring characters we liked, making their death's much sadder. Brendan Fraser had already appeared in Scrubs, Matthew Perry was in a few episodes of Growing Pains, and so on.

Very often in sitcoms a show will kill off a character we never met, and the effect is not as strong. Take the classic Family Ties episode "A My Name is Alex" where Alex mourns the sudden passing of a friend. Now don't get me wrong, that's a very strong episode. One of the best in the series. But imagine how much stronger that episode would have been if we had met that friend before and spent some time with him? How about the Perfect Strangers episode where Balki has to accept the loss of his grandmother, a woman we never met which kind of dampens the otherwise somber and moving episode. And of course one of the first episodes of Friends had Ross and Monica's grandmother die. Not only did we not know the grandmother but we didn't even know Ross and Monica very well yet, making this episode a bore and one of the low points of season one. When the show killed of Mr. Heckles in season two we got a much better episode, because we had become familiar with Heckles as a character not to mention Chandler

And of course there are times when a character death is so out of the blue or just plain ridiculous that it does not work at all and is even insulting to the character that has died. Designing Women killed off Hal Holbrook's character Reese for no reason in what is a lame episode about Julia and a bratty child. On Cheers Carla lost her husband Eddie by a ridiculous means in a not so terrible episode which inexplicably turned him into a two timer. When Night Court was getting god awful, the show killed off a popular character, the derelict named Phil. This started a horrible story arc for Dan which I need a whole article to describe how stupid it was. Just Shoot Me had a horrible episode centered on a murder mystery, but a neighbor really dies. The rest of the group thinks it’s part of the show and it's dumb. And do we really need to discuss what happened to Dan Connor at the end of Roseanne??

You forgot the death of Brian from Family Guy....the demises of Dr Mark Sloane , Dr Lexi Grey, Dr George O Malley, and the death of Finn on Glee,and also JR Ewing and Roy Montgomery on Castle

http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/the-65-most-important-tv-deaths-in-2013

From Brian Griffin to Finn Hudson.

http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-fan-favourites-suffered-shockingly-brutal-deaths.php

Because TV writers hate you, and want to make you horribly aware of that fact.

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Besides the ones on “Game of Thrones."
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Here are a few overlooked ones that are memorable, at least to me:

----"All My Children": Dr. Maria Santos Grey... This one was heartbreaking. Maria, Brooke and other characters were on a plane that Brooke's psychotic boyfriend Jim blew up. Maria and Brooke had switched seats and Maria only had enough time to give her baby to Brooke before she was carried away to her death. Brooke felt guilty for years and Edmund, Maria's husband mourned her for over a decade until she returned from the dead in 2003, just as Brooke was about to marry Edmund. Brooke knowing Maria was alive struggled to tell Edmund who ultimately dumped Brooke, and reunited with the love of his life, who sadly, was suffering from amnesia and didn't remember Edmund, her kids or anybody else and was now going by the name Maureen Goorman.

Jesse Hubbard---- Bad boy Jesse and girl next door Angie Baxter were AMC's (and soaps) first black supercouple and were BELOVED, so much so that when Jesse, a cop was shot to death in the 1980's it was covered on nearly every major magazine of the day. It was heartbreaking.


Melrose Place:

Sydney. The death of Sydney Andrews was shocking, stunning and heartbreaking. Syd who had been the vixen of the show since her first appearance in season 2 had finally found love and stability with Craig and she was mowed down on her wedding day after tying the knot. Craig was destroyed and was just never the same.

Designing Women:

Reese Watson. For much of the series, Julia Sugarbaker was romanced by attorney Reese Watson played by legendary actor Hal Holbrook. Suddenly in season six Reese suffered a heart attack and died. Julia never quite recovered and the show lost a lot of heart. to top it off, as the series began Julia had been widowed by her husband Hayden.

Jill Riley on Baywatch- in the episode "Shark Derby" she was bitten by a great white shark and she dies, what got me was “Goodbye My Friend” by Linda Ronstadt was playing at the end. I've been afraid of sharks ever since.

What about James Evans from 'Good Times' or Alice Garvey and Mary's baby from 'Little House on the Prairie'???

Jill Riley on "Baywatch" Alice Garvey and Mary's baby from 'Little House on the Prairie' and Nicole Chapman on 'Fame' count too. The death of Viki's daughter Megan Gordon on One Life To Live from Lupus was heartbreaking as much as Jill or Alice, also Cherry White on 'China Beach' too, Luna on OLTL (that one made me so mad). Not to mention the medical student on ER that got stabbed.