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What's your most upsetting tv death?

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MrsSteveMcDonald · 23/04/2021 18:38

Just watching Bones for the first time and absolutely gutted about Sweets which made me wonder which other tv deaths have upset MNers.

Lots of potential for spoilers here so apologies in advance.

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JennyBond · 23/04/2021 19:41

@Myexisadick

George in Greys
Oh god yes. More so than the many others.
YonderTweek · 23/04/2021 19:41

@WhateverJohnnyMcNofriends

Yvonne in Bad Girls. Fucking Fenner.
Yes! My mum and I used to watch this and we still talk about what a prick Fenner was. Angry
FontyMcFontface · 23/04/2021 19:42

Kate in Heartbeat circa 1995.
Daphne in Neighbours circa 1988

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colouringindoors · 23/04/2021 19:42

couchparsnip sorry!

I've just had a spoiler for ER!

This thread needs a spoiler alert warning!

Tupperwarelid · 23/04/2021 19:42

Just also remembered Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall. Obviously I knew she was going to die but the way her execution was filmed and acted was terrifying. It really upset me.

Mamanyt · 23/04/2021 19:43

I've seen a LOT of deaths of characters on TV shows in 68 years, but possibly the worst was Lt Col. Henry Blake in MASH. And we didn't even see his death. McLean Stevenson was the actor who played the part, and he didn't renew his contract. On his last show, Blake is going home after serving several years in Korea. He's talking about how excited he is to see his wife, gets a big send-off, everyone is so thrilled for him and, at the very end of the show, Radar O'Reilly comes into the operating tent and informs then that Col. Blake's plane has gone down with no survivors.

Stevenson had pissed off the producer so much when he didn't renew his contract that the producer had that end written secretly. NO ONE but that one writer knew about it, and they gave Gary Burghoff (Radar) the lines to read at the very last minute. Handed him the script, and said, "Go and read this." It was the first time ANYONE knew what the producer had done, except for the directory, who only knew a few minutes ahead of time. It was sneaky, and mean, and petty.

Sweets, on "Bones" got me, as well. So did Kate, on "NCIS."

felulageller · 23/04/2021 19:43

Mark Greene in ER.

Todd in neighbours was sad at the time as was Shane in home and away.

YouCanStopNowThanks · 23/04/2021 19:43

Mark Greene but also Lucy Knight in ER.
The red wedding in GoT.

PrincessesRUs · 23/04/2021 19:44

[quote AnneShirleysNewDress]@Yogaposer was Meg in Home and Away Blakes girlfriend? If so, I sobbed my heart out at that. [/quote]
Gosh I remember this - did she die in his arms on the beach?

Peachypips78 · 23/04/2021 19:44

Oh and whenJosh's family all died on casualty in the 90s.

Usernamenotavailabletryanother · 23/04/2021 19:44

Avril and Lawrence, How We Used to Live circa 1987.

I’m still not over it.

JennyBond · 23/04/2021 19:44

@Tupperwarelid

Nicola Walker’s character in Unforgotten a few weeks ago. Just didn’t see it coming.
Absolutely. And so similar to what’s her name in Cold Feet which I also found upsetting.
AnneShirleysNewDress · 23/04/2021 19:45

@PrincessesRUs Yes, that's what I was thinking too.

PrincessesRUs · 23/04/2021 19:45

@Disfordarkchocolate

Mark Greene - ER

Nothing beats Nigel in The Archers though, despite being on the radio.

Nigel - yes but even more John Archer with a tractor on him and Mark too
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MrsSteveMcDonald · 23/04/2021 19:45

@Peachypips78

Oh and whenJosh's family all died on casualty in the 90s.
Was that a fire caused by an aerosol and he was working when the shout came in so heard the address?
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Tatum1234 · 23/04/2021 19:45

Derek and George in Greys Anatomy really made me cry.

colouringindoors · 23/04/2021 19:45

Back of an envelope tally: Mark Greene in the lead so far...

Theforest · 23/04/2021 19:45

Glenn from The Waling Dead

Theforest · 23/04/2021 19:46

Walking Dead Grin

justasking111 · 23/04/2021 19:46

Spock.
Bonnie Gone with the wind.
Bambi
Sabrina teenage witch
Vera and Jack, Corrie
Mike Delfino desperate housewives

ChaBishkoot · 23/04/2021 19:47

Sybil and Matthew in Downton.
Barbara in Call the Midwife.
The deep fat fryer episode in Spooks. Probably the worst TV death I have watched.
Mrs Landingham in the West Wing.
And yes to Sweets on Bones. I have been a big Bones fan for years (I live in the US) and I found that such a sad episode.

ImTheWolfToday · 23/04/2021 19:47

@Doidontimmm

Mark Edwards in top gun & ER
This
shiningstar2 · 23/04/2021 19:47

The undercover anti corruption cop in Line of Duty who got his throat cut. [can't think of his name] For weeks I couldn't decide whether he had gone bad. Then he shows his hand by trying to rescue the imported girls and the one he thinks is going to help him is on the other side and he gets his throat cut. It was so sudden, so unexpected. Ryan, the one who is now a corrupt cop did it and the woman he thought was his friend stood mocking him while he was dying. I didn't watch the rest of that series.

felulageller · 23/04/2021 19:47

Omar in the wire.

I remember they were going to kill off Aidan in EastEnders but decided not to in case it spurred copycat suicides but it was still very sad.

Kerry getting shot on a duck shoot in Neighbours! Poor Joe Mangel.

PineappleSun · 23/04/2021 19:48

Seymour the dog in Futurama's Jurassic Bark.