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Countless TV shows have great actors, great acting, and incredible plots that draw us in. We get attached to the characters of our favorite shows. And when they die on the show, it devastates us.
Whether you tune into a show weekly or go on a binge to watch a season over the course of a weekend (guilty!), we have a list of 20 character deaths that we’re still mourning.
Prepare yourself…this is filled with spoiler alerts!
Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd on Grey’s Anatomy
How many people actually screamed when Derek was killed? Many kept waiting for him to recover, but he didn’t.
George O’Malley on Grey’s Anatomy
No one saw George’s death coming, and when he was brought to the ER and eventually died, it was devastating.
Denny Duquette on Grey’s Anatomy
Denny’s death on the show was a tough one to take, but luckily actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan has gone on to do plenty of other shows.
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Dr. Mark Greene on ER
Dr. Greene was a favorite on the show, and when he died, it was absolutely heartbreaking.
Glenn on The Walking Dead
A show about zombies means that there will be death, but Glenn’s was just sad.
Opie on Sons of Anarchy
This one was a shocker, and sobbing uncontrollably was a natural reaction.
Oberyn on Game of Thrones
Plenty of people die on the show, but he was such a gorgeous character inside and out.
Hodor on Game of Thrones
This was a tragic death that many people still think about sporadically.
Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under
Who didn’t cry when Nate died on the finale?
Finn Hudson on Glee
Cory Monteith, the actor who portrayed Finn, tragically passed. His death on the show was painful.
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Jen Lindley on Dawson’s Creek
The finale was shocking because they killed one of the main characters by cancer.
Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls
When Gilmore Girls returned, we learned of Richard’s death primarily because of Edward Herrman’s death in real life.
Jack Pearson on This is Us
The show prepared us that Jack would die, but when we learned out how, it was tear-inducing.
Deb Morgan on Dexter
This is still a death that many claim never needed to happen.
Will Gardner on The Good Wife
He faked it, right? Nope. He died, and it was upsetting, to say the very least.
Wes Gibbons on How to Get Away with Murder
Wes was murdered, and no one was prepared for it to happen the way that it did.
Ziva David on NCIS
She had been written off the show a few seasons prior, but it was still quite the shock.
Poussey Washington on Orange is the New Black
Death isn’t always assumed in prison, and Poussey’s murder left many gasping.
Dr. Lance Sweets on Bones
Here’s another one who didn’t deserve to die, and plenty have admitted to crying like a baby.
Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street
Yes, they killed off a Sesame Street character, and many kids learned about death with this episode.
It’s a lot of devastation in one post, right? What was the TV character death that had you reaching for the most tissues?