A fictional character death you are still not over?

[OneUmberJoker]

Marley's in Marley and me

See also Walter Blythe in Rilla of Ingleside.

Walter was always doomed though, wasn't he. I mean he wrote poetry!

One of Anne's sons had to die, and he was the obvious one.

Old Yeller

Sybil downtown abbey

Not sure how we got this far through the thread without a mention of Watership Down. If I just hear a couple of bars of “Bright Eyes” I am in floods!

Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in Se7en

WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!?!

Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones Mad about the boy, I remember reading the book on a sun bed in Mexico crying ugly snotty tears into my towel whilst my husband promised the pool staff I was ok - spoiler alert I was not ok!
Other than that Will in Me Before you

Big in SATC
Dr Greene in ER
Nanna in The Royle Family
Eddie in Stranger Things
Goose in Top Gun
Mufasa in the Lion King
The dad (Guiseppe?) in Life is Beautiful
Aiden in Is There Anybody Out There.
Fred Weasley in Deathly Hallows
Remus Lupin Deathly Hallows

Bambi's Mother - that was the end of my innocent childhood.

Dobbie

Sirius Black

Isabelle Azaire in Birdsong

Beth in little women
ruby gillis in Anne of the islaand
walter in Rilla of ingleside
many more over the years but they stand out.

Gosh yes, I agree about Piggy. And it’s so beautifully written. Something about the fall through the air of a boy called Piggy (probably very poorly remembered!)

Edited to add the actual quote: The narrator states that Ralph wept "for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy".

The fall through the air of the true wise friend called Piggy. Sob.

I blame the piper.

Johnny and Dallas in The Outsiders. I knew nothing about it when I saw it first in the cinema and I was devastated. I read the book as soon as I could after that and sobbed over that as well.
Katherine in The English Patient.
Walter and Matthew in the Anne books and Lenny in Of Mice and Men.
The daughter in Once Were Warriors.

Nighteyes. Glad he's been read and remembered by so many.

Wash. I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.

I was going to say Warrick Brown, but I was beaten to it. Now I'm a parent, rewatching CSI the child deaths hits way harder.

I'm also going to say Finnick Odair. Why?! Just.... Why?!

Richard Harrow in Boardwalk Empire.

Bambi’s mum

Baldrick, Black Adder, Darling and George in Black Adder goes forth, that was a tough watch…

Nighteyes ruined me. 'Time to change, Changer.' 😭

If we’re adding animals, Sailor in Riders. Christ that broke my heart, so realistically written and I loved him so much (didn’t we all??). I’ve lost many horses over the years and the depth of feeling from Jake was so familiar.

Beedeeoh

Ginger in Black Beauty, Hedgehogs in Animals of Farthing Wood, Boxer in Animal Farm.

Ginger KILLED me! If you’re talking about the movie not the book (I can’t remember it in the book), I sometimes watch just for a good cathartic sob! And those poor hedgehogs- I think all of farthing wood was designed to make you cry tbh

I’m over all the deaths. It’s the little things that stick with me - like the woman in Devil All The Time being humiliated over her chicken liver dish. God knows why that’s what I flash back to in a film about serial killers.

Oh yes, that book was heartbreaking, especially as my son was about the same age as Hamnet when I was reading it.

The chess game in Pawn in Frankincense. Devastating.

Oh yes, what a great character