20 Unexpected And Heartbreaking TV Deaths That We'll Never Get Over

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George O'Malley - "Grey's Anatomy"

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Dies of injuries relating to a bus accident.

Zoe Barnes - “House of Cards”

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Thrown in front of a train by Frank Underwood.

Rita Morgan - "Dexter"

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Killed (off-screen) by the Trinity killer.

Oberyn Martell - "Game Of Thrones"

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Eyes gouged out and head crushed against the floor by The Mountain.

Nate Fisher - "Six Feet Under"

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Dies in his hospital bed although he was believed to have recovered from a brain hemorrhage.

Mike Delfino - "Desperate Housewives"

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Killed in a drive-by shooting in front of his home.

Lucy Knight - "E.R."

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Stabbed in the neck, stomach and back by psychotic Paul Sobriki.

Billy Thomas - "Ally McBeal"

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Dies of a brain tumor while arguing a case in court.

John Mitchell - "Being Human"

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Staked by his friend George in the season 3 finale.

Charlie Pace - "Lost"

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Drowned after he locks himself in the flooding underwater facility.

Joyce Summers - "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"

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Dies (off-screen) of an aneurysm in her living room

Violet Harmon - "American Horror Story" (Murder House)

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Commits suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. Although we're initially led to believe that she survived the attempt, it's later revealed that she actually died, and that she had been a ghost ever since.

Ianto Jones - "Torchwood"

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Killed by a lethal virus released by an alien race.

Hank Schrader - "Breaking Bad"

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Shot in the head by Jack Welker while Walter White looks on in horror.

Marvin Eriksen (Marshall's father) - "How I Met Your Mother"

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Dies (off screen) of a heart attack. His death is revealed at the end of a heartbreaking countdown that ran throughout the episode.

Will Gardner - "The Good Wife"

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Shot and killed in the courtroom by one of his clients.

Lizzie and Mika - "The Walking Dead"

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Lizzie is shot in the back of the head by Carol after she had stabbed (off-screen) her sister Mika.

Lawrence Kutner - "House"

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Commits suicide (off-screen) by shooting himself in the face.

Teri Bauer - "24"

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Shot in the back (off-screen) by Nina Myers while tied to a chair.

Nicholas Brody - "Homeland"

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Executed by hanging in a public square while Carrie Mathison looks on helplessly.