Casualties of the ‘05-’06 television season
There’s nothing more shocking than a recurring character getting killed off of a television series. Well, maybe that’s a lie. I’m sure there are plenty things MORE shocking– like waking up in the morning only to realize that someone has stolen your kidneys, or perhaps, putting a fork in an electrical outlet. Nevertheless, it’s a dramatic trick as old as sweeps itself: killing off characters. This past season has been no exception, as many lives were claimed and many plots were twisted (some were killed off in such a dramatic fashion they were forced to leave TV altogether for the movie biz).
Anyway, please click below to pay respect…
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President David Palmer Assassinated in some sort of convoluted plot involving President Logan |
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Tony Almeida He was almost blown up. Instead he met his end when Henderson (who Tony |
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Michelle Dessler She was blown up in a car bomb. |
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Edgar Stiles Ah, loveable Edgar. But your loveability was no match for some lethal |
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Lynn McGill Having a girl’s name didn’t stop this former hobbit and current CTU-suit |
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Jenny McGill You and your creepy boyfriend “Dwayne” trick your brother Lynn |
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“Dwayne” See above. |
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Walt Cummings Originally thought to have hung himself for disgracing the country, it |
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Christopher Henderson Robocop, er… Christopher Henderson was killed in cold blood by one |
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Vladimir Bierko Token foreign terrorist tries to make the infidels pay, only to have |
| Alias | |
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Gordon Dean Sloane forced him to swallow a cyanide pill. |
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Nadia Santos Nadia Santos was accidentally killed by Sloane in the worst “fight” scene ever. He pushed her and she fell on a conveniently placed glass coffee table. A shard of glass pierced her jugular and she bled to death. |
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Reneé Rienne Renee Rienne had her throat cut by Anna Espinsoa. |
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Anna Espinosa Let me present this paragraph for you via Alias’s Wiki: “Sydney returns from maternity leave when her friend Will Tippen BASICALLY: Anna Espinosa underwent this crazy genetic experiment that made her Sydney’s doppelganger. Sydney shot Anna (who looked exactly like Sydney) in the back, killing her with a bullet to the head. |
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Jack Bristow Shot by Sloane, who was apparently killing people left and right this |
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Thomas Grace He sacrificed himself so others could have more time to get away from the bomb. |
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Irina Derevko Fell through a skylight while battling with Sydney. |
| Battlestar Galactica | |
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Billy Keikeya Shot by terrorists. |
| Close to Home | |
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Jack Chase Jack Chase was killed in a car accident with a drunk driver. But one could argue he was killed because the show wanted to give Annabeth a hot new boyfriend instead of a boring husband. |
| CSI: Miami | |
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Marisol Delko She was shot by a sniper, which I’m gathering, is a pretty common way |
| CSI: NY | |
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Aiden Burn Kinda brutal: Aiden was ambushed, murdered by a rape suspect she had |
| Desperate Housewives | |
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George Williams Committed suicide in a DESPERATE attempt to get Bree to love him. |
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PI Curt Monroe PI Curt Monroe was killed when he fell through the Applewhites rackety cellar staircase. Shards of wood fatally pierced him. |
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Matthew Applewhite He was shot DESPERATELY by a police sniper |
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Noah Taylor His respirator was turned off causing the man to DESPERATELY stop breathing. |
| ER | |
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Michael Gallant He died when his truck hit a roadside bomb in Iraq. Upon typing this |
| Everwood | |
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Will Cleveland Will Cleveland was Ephram’s piano teacher. He died of old age and inspired Ephram to become a piano teacher. Snooze…. |
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Irv Harper Irv Harper died of a heart attack. |
| Everybody Hates Chris | |
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Gene (Grandfather) Gene was played by Jimmy “J.J.” Walker, whose current photos Grandfather: Knock-knock. |
| Ghost Whisperer | |
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Andrea Moreno Andrea died in a car accident… with a plane. |
| Grey’s Anatomy | |
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Bomb Squad Guy A bomb got the better of this gentleman. |
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Denny Duquette Denny died of a stroke the day he became engaged to Izzie, one of the hospital’s surgical interns. He did get a new heart. Guess it didn’t help. |
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Doc (the dog) Poor Doc had to be put down because he had terminal bone cancer |
| Las Vegas | |
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Monica Monica was literally blown off the roof of the Montecito Casino. She landed in a shoe store. |
| Lost | |
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Shannon Rutherford Shannon was accidentally shot by the hated Ana Lucia. It caused Sayid |
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Ana Lucia Cortez The hated Anna-Lucia was murdered in cold blood by Michael. This is likely |
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Elizabeth “Libby” This boat-owning, former mental patient, was accidentally shot by poor |
| The O.C. | |
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Johnny Harper Classic tale of teenage woe: drink too much, wander too close to the |
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Marissa Cooper She died in a car accident, though it might have also involved a cliff, |
| One Tree Hill | |
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Keith Scott Killed by his brother, Dan. |
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Jimmy Edwards Jimmy Edwards shot himself after bringing a gun to school. |
| Prison Break | |
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Nick Savrinn Nick was shot by Abruzzi’s mob henchman because he wouldn’t tell them where Veronica was. Oh, and you can see the face of the man who shot him. |
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Lisa Rix Shot in the back by an Agents Kellerman and Hale. |
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“Stepdad” Married to Lisa Rix, he also met his unfortunate demise at the hands |
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Daniel Hale I’ve been paraphrasing a lot of these cause of deaths from Wikipedia |
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Seth “Cherry” Hoffner Hung himself. |
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Charles Westmoreland He was accidentally killed on the day of the escape. If that is bitterly |
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Samantha Carlton I didn’t watch this show and have no idea why she died, but I do know |
| Scrubs | |
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Gloria Gets an infection after an intern picks up something off the ground and |
| The Shield | |
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Curtis “Lem” Lemanski Shane killed him by putting a grenade (with an E) in his car. |
| The Sopranos | |
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Eugene Pontecorvo He wasn’t allowed to move to Florida, so he hung himself. |
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Raymond Curto Died of natural causes while ratting on his friends. |
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Rusty Millio Shot by two hired goons from Italy. |
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Vito Spatafore Beaten to death by Phil Leotardo and two of his thugs. |
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Dominic Gamiello Beaten/stabbed to death by Silvio and Carlo in the back room at Satriale’s. |
| Smallville | |
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Jonathan “Pa” Kent Died of a heart attack. |
| Thief | |
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Roselyn Moore Killed by a member of the Chinese mafia after first being tortured with |
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Det. John Hayes Killed by the Chinese mafia. |
| Veronica Mars | |
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Meg Manning She was in a school bus that careened over a cliff, and yet THAT wasn’t |
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“Thumper” He was tied to a urinal in a baseball stadium shortly before the building |
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“Lucky” He was molested by the mayor and then snapped and starting waving a gun |
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Woody Goodman He was riding on a plane back to Netune after being arrested for molesting |
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Cassidy “Beaver” Casablancas The mastermind behind the bus crash, Beaver couldn’t take life anymore |
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Aaron Echolls Shortly after being released from prison Aaron gets a bullet to the back |
| The West Wing | |
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Leo McGarry Died of a heart attack in his hotel room. WOW, natural causes! |
| Will and Grace | |
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George Truman Died of a heart attack. |
Tags: 24, ABC, Battlestar Galactica, CBS, CSI, Deperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, FOX, FX, Grey's Anatomy, HBO, Lost, NBC, Prison Break, Sci-Fi Channel, Scrubs, The CW, The O.C., The Shield, The Sopranos, Thief, Veronica Mars
May 30th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
Hey, whoa! Where’s the SPOILER ALERT???
May 31st, 2006 at 1:42 am
I watch Grey’s Anatomy and I take no shame in it (it might have something to do with my girlfriend).
-Denny Duquette had a successful heart transplant, but was going about his business while recuperating in bed, reading a magazine, when he randomly flat-lined (potential blood clot). Heart-wrenching. I cried a lot on the inside of me.
In Las Vegas, Monica’s death takes the cake of the most absurd of any on your list. She was wearing some weird outfit that had cloth connecting her arms to her waist (imagine bat wings). It was supposed to be fashionable, and she arranged some meeting with another character to meet her on the roof of the hotel/casino to discuss her evil plan of taking it over, attempting to seduce him into joining her (because apparently Lara Flynn Boyle thinks she’s attractive enough to do so). Then, to the music of Styx’s “Come Sail Away,” the wind picked up and blew her off the rooftop, as her outfit acted like sails and comically sent her flying down the Vegas strip.
Ridiculous.
May 31st, 2006 at 9:21 am
what about the Law & Order Assistant district attorney Alexandra Borgia, played by
Annie Parisse, who was killed in the season finale as she investigated a murder case.
May 31st, 2006 at 9:47 am
You forgot another CSI:Miami (he was on more than Marisol was) and thats officer Jessop who opened the BBQ that had a grenade in it.
May 31st, 2006 at 10:55 am
You forgot on Will & Grace the character Beverly Leslie who was blown off a balconyin the finale
May 31st, 2006 at 10:57 am
Embarrassing!!! While the snippets were interesting, and seemingly quite thorough, the author should use a spell checker before publishing to the world the fact that spelling isn’t his/her forte. Torchure??? Granade??? As I type this my spell checker is violently protesting the spelling of those words, and may become a season casualty as well….lol.
May 31st, 2006 at 10:58 am
On One Tree Hill: Jimmy brought a gun into the high school and took everyone hostage. Keith got inside to try to calm Jimmy down, but Jimmy shot himself. Then Dan came in and shot Keith in COLD BLOOD. Everyone thinks Jimmy shot Keith before shooting himself.
May 31st, 2006 at 10:59 am
You forgot Navy CSI, the original female Navy CSI agent who was shot in the head by the terrorist. I don’t remember her name. It was the last show of 2005, but she was still on in the beginning of 2006 as a spirit.
May 31st, 2006 at 11:02 am
There were a LOT of other deaths on ” Thief “….Dina Myer died in a car crash, that drug dealer who was shot in nicks backyard, those two asian hitmen,roselyns bodyguard
May 31st, 2006 at 11:04 am
Boy , for someone who was paid (I assume) to write the details of the demise of certain characters from this last TV season….you suck. I could have done this with far more details to boot!
I need a job - hire me!
May 31st, 2006 at 11:07 am
I second what Tom said - what about the Law & Order Assistant district attorney Alexandra Borgia, played by
Annie Parisse, who was killed in the season finale as she investigated a murder case.
May 31st, 2006 at 11:13 am
Kathy- her name was Kate, good memory though!
May 31st, 2006 at 11:15 am
The “Bomb Guy” in “Grey’s Anatomy” was played by Kyle Chandler from “Early Edition” and “King Kong.” You should be able to find a picture of him.
Also. Beverley Leslie, Karen’s milliionaire buddy, was killed off in the last episode of “Will & Grace.” The actor’s name was Leslie Jordan. He was a funny, funny character and he died the worst type of way, as a cheap joke.
May 31st, 2006 at 11:18 am
Did you know that John Spencer (aka Leo McGarry from The West Wing) actually died in real life? Or are you making a joke at the expense of the deceased?
May 31st, 2006 at 11:20 am
You also forgot that Adrianna’s pesky ghost has been showing up regularly on the Soprano’s to remind Carmello of the tenuousness of everyone’s postition–although she actually died last year. Why didn’t we address “Deadwood”–a great show that’s in trouble and has about a gajillion deaths on it every season?
May 31st, 2006 at 11:22 am
Jack Chase, Annabeth’s husband died in a car crash the night they were suppose to leave on a much needed vacation. So sad, not sure why they had to “kill” him off, he was sweet to look at!
May 31st, 2006 at 11:24 am
Hey Kris–did you notice the reporter’s spelling–MAKES ME CRAZY as a former schoolteacher to read what is presumably a REPORTER”S story in which the reporter doesn’t know how to spell and doesn’t turn on speelcheck and, as Kris said far more elegantly than I–”Boy , for someone who was paid (I assume) to write the details of the demise of certain characters from this last TV season–you suck.” Ditto!!!
May 31st, 2006 at 11:25 am
oops!! that would be “spellckeck”
May 31st, 2006 at 11:29 am
First, I’m totally UNPAID. Totally. Though I’ve always wanted to be part of a “money-drop” in case anyone wants to exchange briefcases by the cover of night.
Second through Fiftieth, sorry about the spelling, I’ll make sure to lobby my congressman to make those spellings correct once and for all. And I’m going to try to have the list update later tonight, but in the meantime I have to go to work.
Thanks for the feedback,
RICK
May 31st, 2006 at 11:31 am
OH, and one more thing– I’m only trying to include shows that ran from September to May, thus not including “Rescue Me” from last summer or “Deadwood.” I’m on the fence about “Rome” which I did not what, and which, presumably, had many deaths.
May 31st, 2006 at 11:32 am
what about Sloane from Alias?
May 31st, 2006 at 11:39 am
Veronica Mars has had more than six deaths this year. The seven bus crash victims, Meg Manning, Amelia deLongpre, Able Koontz, Cassidy Casablancas, Woody Goodman, Aaron Echolls, Thumper, Curly Moran, Lucky, Felix, Miss Dumas, Ed (bus driver). Thats nineteen.
May 31st, 2006 at 11:41 am
Are you sure All of those people on 24 are dead? I must question the death of Christopher Henderson!
May 31st, 2006 at 11:43 am
How could you possibly refer to the demise of Vito Spatafore from the “Sopranos” without including some reference to the infamous pool stick. I shall never look at billiards the same way again. Also, I have to agree with the other postings, in the real world when reporting, SPELLING COUNTS.
May 31st, 2006 at 11:47 am
When Dominic Gamiello was killed on The Sopranos, the size of the knife made perfect sense. He was killed in the backroom of Satriale’s, the butcher shop that also serves as one of Tony Soprano’s offices.
May 31st, 2006 at 11:51 am
On Veronica Mars there was a busload of kids that died, the gang kid Logan supposedly killed (can’t remember his name)and Curly Moran also.
May 31st, 2006 at 11:56 am
rick,
In your defense, there were alot of deaths on the tv shows. Hang in there. On “Prison Break” two more died that i can think of. Nick’s father was shot along with Nick, and the other FBI agent that’s still lying out there in that hole in the woods. fyi jerree
May 31st, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Although he was an occasional character, Beverly Leslie from Will and Grace died in the final episonde after walking onto his balcony and was picked up and blown away by a strong gust of wind.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:10 pm
I do agree with Scott. It must hurt John Spencers’ family to see a joke made about his death.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:12 pm
I guess you don’t track Law & Order, but a major character was killed off, Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Borgia, played by Annie Parisse.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:12 pm
is the girl from ghost whisper rally dead or is there some kind of fight that might take place
May 31st, 2006 at 12:13 pm
How about Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm”…though he did end up ‘returning’.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:17 pm
Jack was shot by Sloane on Alias but that’s not how he died. He blew himself up to keep Sloane (who drank something that would keep him alive forever) trapped in the cave.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:19 pm
Does this mean that “Desperate Housewives” Michael did NOT get killed??
May 31st, 2006 at 12:20 pm
What about Dr. Sarah on Prison Break?
May 31st, 2006 at 12:23 pm
Are you sure Jack Chase, Annabeth’s husband on Close to Home, died in the car crash? The final scene had him attached to some IV’s, which why would the put him on IV’s if he was dead?
May 31st, 2006 at 12:25 pm
What about Jack’s father (Martin Landau) from “Without a Trace”? Seems like at least one other person bought the farm on that show this year — but maybe they all had miraculous recoveries.
Somebody MUST HAVE died on Boston Legal. Betty White’s character beaned her boyfriend with a frying pan, for one thing. There have to be others.
Thanks for an amusing website. Even though I’m an editor by trade, I don’t care about your spelling errors.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:27 pm
Amy-
Sloan will live forever trapped in that tomb since he had found that “secret of immortality”. That was the way that Jack, Sydney’s father, made him pay. Actually Jack died from blowing himself up thus trapping Sloan forever- not from the bullet wounds from Sloan.
One that you forgot was “Beverly Leslie” played by Leslie Jordan on Will and Grace. He was killed when a gust of wind blew him off his balcony. He left all of his money to Jack who took care of the suddenly broke Karen from then on out.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:28 pm
What about the secret service guy that Mrs. Logan shot on in the back on 24? And Tammie yes Christopher Henderson is dead, Jack shot him in one of the last episodes.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Hey Amy…
Sloane on Alias did NOT die.. He is simply eternally trapped under the rock. After sydney shot him, he fell into that “pool” of weird water and became immortal. Sydney’s father then came into the cave and used a grenade (I assume in hope of blowing Sloane to pieces) however a rock crushes his mid-section pinning him on his back, but very much still alive and in one piece..
If you had listened to the exchange between Sloane and the spirit of his daughter, it implied that he was there for eternity…. ALONE.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Hey Rick…I just wanted to make one correction to your list…which is pretty thorough. The character, P.I. Curt Monroe, of “Desperate Housewives,” did indeed fall through the Applewhite’s cellar stairs. He was killed not by shards of wood, but from being SHOT by his own concealed gun, which fired as he fell through the steps. I had taped the episode, played that scene back a couple of times and heard the gunshot.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Amy — Sloane didn’t die. He fell into Rambaldi’s blood and became immortal. Jack blew up the building they were in and now Sloane is trapped in the debris for all eternity.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Hey, you forgot about Dr. Sara Tancredy from Prison Break. She died from a drug overdose, probably heroin. I don’t know why they had to kill her off. What’s Michael gonna do without her now? He really cared about her.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:39 pm
You forgot about Charlie from that 70’s show. The first show of the season they said he died from falling off the infamous water tower.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Also on Prison Break, didn’t the lovely doctor OD after leaving the door unlocked for the escapees?
May 31st, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Hey, you forgot about Dr. Sara Tancredy from Prison Break. She died from a drug overdose, probably heroin. I don’t know why they had to kill her off. What’s Michael gonna do without her? He really cared about her.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:42 pm
How could you forget Alexandra Borgia from Law and Order????
May 31st, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Hey! Veronica Mars omission: You mention that Meg was in a bus crash, but not that SEVEN people died. They are students that we’ve seen before, and a journalismn teacher. They were pretty pivital to the whole plot, after all. I bet they were missed so that VM could be dropped further on your list.
Way to stack the deck…
May 31st, 2006 at 12:48 pm
Not sure about this one (rabid fan though I am), and considering there’s a lot of people around that know about character deaths…did Louie Messer (Danny’s brother) on CSI: NY die or is he in a coma still? If he is dead, there’s one more for the list.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:51 pm
You forgot Michael Learned’s character on Scrubs. She was in many episodes during the season this year.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:52 pm
You missed Dana Fairbanks! Every lesbian in the country cryed her eyes out when she died of breast cancer on the
L Word this past season.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:53 pm
If you mentioned characters like “bombsquad guy”, then you missed about 20 more form “24″. Like the 2 Secret Servicemen and the pilot Jack blew away when abducting the President and the Secret Service guy who the First Lady shot, not to mention the victims of the nerve gas in the shopping mall and the submarine!
May 31st, 2006 at 12:56 pm
The count for the number that died on Veronica Mars is way off. It should actually be the TV show with the most deaths. If you include all characters even minor ones, like the bomb squad guy on Grey’s Anatomy the number should be more like 17+. Below is a more accurate list, since there were a total of 7 more people that died on the same bus that Meg Manning was on:
1. Marcos Oliveres – bus crash
2. Peter Ferrer – bus crash
3. Betina Marone – bus crash
4. Cervando Perez – bus crash
5. Rhonda Landers – bus crash
6. Bus Driver Ed Doyle – bus crash
7. Leslie Dumass, Teacher – bus crash
8. Meg Manning – Initially survived the bus crash but later died on injuries caused by the bus crash.
9. Felix Toombs – Killed by Thumper, but at first they thought Logan killed him.
10. David “Curly†Moran – Killed by Beaver to keep people from finding out who actually caused the bus crash.
11. Amelia DeLongpre – Killed by her boyfriend, who stole all her money.
12. Abel Koontz – Died of natural causes, was the father of Amelia DeLongpre.
13.Eduardo “Thumper†Orozco – Killed by the Fitzpatricks in a stadium implosion.
14. Tommy “Lucky†Dohanic – Killed by a security guard.
15. Woody Goodman – The plane he was on was blown up by Beaver
16. Cassidy “Beaver†Casablancas – Killed himself by jumping off a rooftop after killing at least 10 people throughout the season.
17. Aaron Echols – Shot by Clarence Weidmen who was ordered to do so by Duncan.
The above is confirmed deaths, below are a list of implied but not confirmed deaths:
18. Amelia DeLongpre’s boyfriend – It was implied that Clarence Weidmen killed him but not confirmed.
19+. There was at least one pilot and at least one police officer on the same plane that Woody Goodman died on.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:59 pm
John Spenser truly died so making fun of his dying of natural causes when the show was giving respect to him is in very bad taste.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:04 pm
No Chef from South Park? His death at least caught media attention.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:11 pm
That 70’s Show killed Charlie on the first episode this season. Charlie was the son of one of Red’s friends that came to town to take care of his father’s business. Kitty tells Eric when she is making a tape to send to him in Africa. I realize this wasn’t an important role but the guy did die and that was the point of your list.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:11 pm
For Amy,
Sure hope I spell everything right. :) Anyway, Sloane did not die, remember he fell into the liquid of life and his fate is that of a eternal type of so called hell. He will live forever but in the state of being crushed by the fallen boulder. So he will live alone in pain forever.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:15 pm
On Smallville: Sheriff Nancy Adams, whom the viewers loved to hate and hated to love, was shot to death by a cop-gone-bad, exiting with the immortal line, ‘Isn’t that a mother?!’
On Alias: Jack Bristow didn’t die of his gunshot wounds. You didn’t watch the ending! He made his way down into the temple/pyramid thingy, whatever it was, confronted Sloane, and detonated the artifact they were fighting over or a grenade or something. In any event, the implication was that both Jack and Sloane died in the blast.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Both Analucia and Libby were arrested (in real life) one night in Hawaii (where Lost is filmed) for drunk driving. Coincidence they were both killed off? Hmmmmmmmmm.
And was “Speed” (played by Rory Cochrane of “Dazed & Confused” fame) killed off in the first episode of this season? Or was that the season before?
I’m a stickler for spelling too. It makes me CRAAAAZY. But hey…straight As in grammar aren’t a prerequisite for internet posting, and mean people are even more annoying than poor spelling. So I just want to pay respect to you for taking time to do this. Feel free to consult me for proofreading in the future, if for no reason than to avoid the control freaks who can’t resist pointing out mistakes.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Don’t forget Deadwood. Lots of deaths, including the sheriff’s son. About the comment that it is in trouble? It has won awards, and the new season starts this weekend.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Oops…sorry….I didn’t specify that Speed was a character on CSI Miami.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:18 pm
You’ve got Jack Bristow’s cause of death incorrect. He was indeed shot by Sloane but Jack blew himself up with dynamite in an effort to trap Sloane in an underground cave. Sloane did not die though thanks to tthe serum that gave him eternal life.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:47 pm
What about the New England nerd that Vito wrecked into, then whacked. Reminds the audience that even though we come to love them the Sopranos characters are ruthless people. As to the comments about your work - This is the only list like this I’ve seen so you have the number one product. Maybe it can be said that you are only counting major characters and the faceless and nameless deaths don’t count.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Sloane isn’t dead! He’s just trapped under a rock in the cave in caused by Jack. The red gunk on the floor(which was in a hovering ball before Sydney took the device) from the Rimbaldi device made him immortal. So he gets to live out his immortal life under a bunch of ruble!
May 31st, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Did anyone mention Crossing Jordan’s Dr Cavanaugh’s lover found slain in bed with her?
May 31st, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Amy–Sloane didn’t die on Alias. He will, however, be stuck in a pit trapped under a rock for the rest of his unnatural life. Since he used the Rimbaldi potion before the explosion, the eternal life still remains although it will be miserable.
May 31st, 2006 at 2:04 pm
For the record, above-posters, “Navy CSI” does not exist. It’s NCIS, which stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and is a federal office, unlike Crime Scene Investigations (in Vegas, Miami and New York) which are city/state run.
Tony: We’re from NCIS.
Officer: Is that kind of like CSI?
Tony: Only if you’re dyslexic.
Kate was killed at the end of the second season, while this past season was the third. She doesn’t count. ;)
May 31st, 2006 at 2:09 pm
You didn’t mention Dana on “The L Word” dying of complications from Cancer.
May 31st, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Thanks for the list… I enjoyed reading it. It’s funny… I see a lot of people fussing about the “busload of people” on Veronica Mars, but I kinda took the list to be main characters (or at least fairly main characters) If he were to list everyone - how many people died on 24?!?!?! More then listed, but it would be long and tedious to list them all.
But again, good job on the list, I liked it a lot.
May 31st, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Great list. It’s a shame so many of the comments are critical - it can’t be easy putting something like this together!
May 31st, 2006 at 4:57 pm
Hey friends,
1) Let me begin by saying that I appreciate all of the comments and considerations. I had no idea this would generate as much interest as it did.
2) I’m still at work, and so I won’t be able to edit the actual list to include some of your suggestions until later in the evening, (as well as moderating comments), so please don’t take it as a snub.
3) I also should point out that my list was suppose to include characters who had a “significant” role on a particular series airing between Sept. ‘05 and May ‘06. In hindsight, I may be removing the “Bomb-Squad-Guy” despite his role being one of the more noticable deaths on Grey’s Anatomy. Deadwood, Rescue Me and other shows aired last summer, if I’m not mistaken, and thus weren’t included.
4) The bus crash victims from Veronica Mars I’m debating over. A few of them didn’t become actual characters until after (there was that episode where Veronica kept dreaming she was in the crash), right? EIther way, Jen seems to know what’s what, so perhaps we’ll just leave it there…
5) As for Mr. Spencer, I meant no ill will. I don’t watch West Wing and the information I came across suggested that his character died on the show from natural causes (obviously the same happened in real life). My comment was in response to the lack “natural deaths” in the list altogether. Purely a reference to Leo McGarry.
6) JP’s mention of Chef from South Park is awesome, and will be posted as soon as I get a chance.
Again, thanks to everyone who showed interest. Stop by again.
—rick
May 31st, 2006 at 8:26 pm
Chef was revived and encased in a Darth Vader like suit. Perhaps that’s why he didn’t make the list.
May 31st, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Now I don’t have to watch TV, I know how ever season ends :-)
May 31st, 2006 at 11:39 pm
yous guys forgot Nicole Sullivan’s character Jill Tracy on “Scrubs”. She was the annoying patient who died of a coke overdose/rabies. She was on the show 4 times throughout the 5 seasons. You also forgot to include the viewing audience for “joey” in the list as well…..
June 1st, 2006 at 12:39 pm
For BSG, if you include Season 2.0 you missed Elosha (killed by a claymore), Socinus (euthanized due to crash injuries), Crashdown (shot by Baltar). For Season 2.5, which I know DOES count, you forgot Cain (shot by Gina), Fisk (garroted by hitmen), and Gina (nuked out of existance in a spot where she couldn’t download).
June 9th, 2006 at 4:44 am
For all the people pointing out the bus full of kids on Veronica Mars…note that the header says “recurring characters”-the vast majority of the bus kids were anything but, unless you count them showing up in flashbacks later on in the season…
June 22nd, 2006 at 7:52 pm
In regards to Prison Break, several people have mentioned Dr. Sara Tancredi’s death, but that’s not a confirmed death. The officer said it was a “possible DOA”…trust me, I have a feeling that the good doctor is alive and well.
There are other Prison Break deaths, though. Maytag, T-Bag’s boyfriend (pocket holder) was killed in the race riots by being stabbed with Michael’s bolt-soon-to-be-allen wrench by one of the rioters. Another death was Letitia, the woman who convinced Veronica that Lincoln was a pawn in the conspiracy. She was shot in the woods by Kellerman, after Hale almost let her go. Another one is the death of the prison guard that found the “hole” during the race riots. T-Bag killed him with a shank and threw him over the railing. There were a couple of more deaths (the priest, the agent that fell into the well at the cabin, T-Bag’s nephew, the convict from the infirmary that tried to capture Dr. Tancredi during the riots and got shot by a sniper), but those were some of the more significant ones.
August 11th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article 06 television season, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
November 13th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
WEEP! WEEP! JOHNNY SHOULDN’T OF DIED! HE’S SO CUTE! (My sister already said that) AWW! JOHNNY WHY!!??;(