https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-conners-roseanne-dies-spoilers-1202981295/

The series premiere (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/74770-s01e01-keep-on-truckin/?do=getLastComment) of the Roseanne spinoff wasted no time revealing the fate of Roseanne Barr's character. As Caroline Framke explains, the explanation of Roseanne Conner's death included a scene that was "an example of how The Conners can keep up the Roseanne revival’s commitment to being More Political without knocking the audience over the head with Fox News versus MSNBC talking points."

ALSO:

Roseanne Barr responds to her character's fate: "I AIN’T DEAD, BITCHES!!!!" (https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1052371163161088001)
Why Roseanne Conner's fate is exceptionally problematic (https://www.thedailybeast.com/roseanne-dies-of-an-opioid-overdose-in-the-conners-thats-the-wrong-move)
Twitter reacts to Roseanne's fate: "What a shame" (https://www.etonline.com/fans-react-to-roseannes-fate-in-the-conners-111750)
Sara Gilbert on filming The Conners premiere: "What ended up happening is we wanted to make a really honest episode, and channel whatever we were feeling into the episode" (https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-conners-roseanne-barr-cast-1202982375/)

I don't think they should have killed off Roseanne, especially in case she had the chance to return.

Instead, what they should have done is have her divorce from Dan and move out, or something.

She's lashing out over the show offs her character:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/roseanne-barr-lashes-out-after-‘the-conners’-offs-her-character/ar-BBOuk6L?ocid=spartanntp

She's lashing out over the show offs her character:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/roseanne-barr-lashes-out-after-‘the-conners’-offs-her-character/ar-BBOuk6L?ocid=spartanntp

Roseanne Barr slams The Conners for her character's "unnecessary grim and morbid" opioid overdose (https://www.thedailybeast.com/roseanne-barr-slams-abc-over-unnecessary-grim-and-morbid-opioid-overdose)

While Barr tweeted “I AIN’T DEAD BITCHES" (https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1052371163161088001) following The Conners premiere last night, she and her spiritual teacher Rabbi Shmuley Boteach released a longer statement (https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1052407501801619458) in response to the episode. “While we wish the very best for the cast and production crew of The Conners, all of whom are deeply dedicated to their craft and were Roseanne’s cherished colleagues, we regret that ABC chose to cancel Roseanne by killing off the Roseanne Conner character," said the statement. "That it was done through an opioid overdose lent an unnecessary grim and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show." The statement went on to slam ABC’s cancellation of Roseanne, calling it a result of “fear, hubris, and a refusal to forgive," adding that Roseanne Conner's opioid death was “a choice the network did not have to make."

She's lashing out over the show offs her character:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/roseanne-barr-lashes-out-after-‘the-conners’-offs-her-character/ar-BBOuk6L?ocid=spartanntp

At this point ABC is so mad at Roseanne they would probably kill her themselves if they could get away with it. And did you hear what happened after the first episode this year and Roseanne found out what they did to her character? She was really mad they killed off her character. She said, I'm not dead bitches! Yea that's what she said. She said I have millions of fans who still like me and they shouldn't have killed off her character. And they shouldn't have fired her from the show. But ABC figures she's fired so they can do whatever they want with her character.