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Remembering all the characters who didn't survive 2017
Though Carl might not officially die until next year, he revealed in the Season 8A finale that he was bitten by a walker when he and Saddiq were ambushed in the woods during the All Out War.
Sasha ingested a cyanide pill in order to turn herself into a walker so that she could attack Negan and avenge Abraham's death. After her plan was foiled, Maggie and Jesus tracked her down and Maggie tearfully stabbed her in the head.
Shiva was devoured by Walkers as she tried to save her master, Ezekiel.
Rayna died in the hospital of complications following a car crash.
Linda was killed offscreen in a helicopter crash while airlifting a patient.
Sigurd died after his youngest brother, Ivar, threw an axe into his stomach.
Though being shot by Sin Rostro didn't kill him right away, Michael later collapsed and died from an aortic dissection after his blood pressure spiked, a side effect of the shooting.
Anezka was murdered by a (for now) mysterious killer who staged her death to make it look like she hanged herself.
Quinn died in a hail of bullets, after he drove his car into a group of armed soldiers in order to protect Carrie and President Keane.
Stephen died from injuries he sustained when Mr. Scratch launched an attack on the team's SUVs.
Litchfield's cruelest guard was killed as he attempted to surrender during the prison riot, by an overeager young police officer who accidentally shot him in the head.
Hannah's suicide by slitting her wrist is the central event in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why.
Jeff was killed in a car crash that occurred after one of his classmates knocked down a stop sign.
Monica died shortly after telling her estranged husband Frank that she has a brain aneurysm she likely got from an infected needle.
Though his death wasn't shown onscreen, Gordon died after suffering a stroke due to chronic toxic encephalopathy.
After his daughter Thea stepped on a landmine, Malcolm sacrificed his own life by taking her place on it, later detonating it in order to kill Digger and members of Talia al Ghul's cult.
Samantha died from injuries she sustained when Adrian committed suicide and destroyed the island where she was looking for her son.
Though fans debate whether Mary's actually dead, she appears to have been killed after she intercepted a bullet intended for Sherlock.
The abusive husband and rapist was pushed down a flight of stairs by Bonnie.
Stefan has "died" multiple times on The Vampire Diaries, but his final fate in the series finale came when he sacrificed himself to being burned alive in order to kill Katherine Pierce and allow Damon and Elena to live happily ever after.
Enzo forced his enemy Stefan to kill him by pulling away after Stefan grabbed onto his heart.
Matt died offscreen during the 15-year time jump after battling cancer, but was reunited with Nora in the series finale.
Captain Georgiou was killed by the Klingon leader T'Kuvma as she tried to capture him on his ship at the start of the Klingon-Federation war.
"Dart," Dustin's "Demodog" from the Upside Down, died when Eleven closed the portal to the alternate world.
Bob is killed by demodogs in Hawkins Lab after he volunteers to go turn on the electricity.
Ray found his boss dead on a couch in his apartment.
Wren was killed by his girlfriend Alex because he refused to see her as her twin sister, Spencer.
The demon Crowley committed suicide, sacrificing himself with an angel blade in a ritual that would seal Lucifer in an alternate reality.
After Travis rescued Luciana, their helicopter was shot at and he sustained life-threatening injuries. In order to keep Luciana safe, he committed suicide by leaping out of the aircraft.
Ofelia died after being bitten by a Walker, and then was shot in the head by Daniel in order to prevent her from reanimating.
Deucalion died after being shot several times when he, Scott and Malia were attacked by a group of hunters.
Raina was fatally shot by crooked cop Ray Ray, whose intended target was her twin brother Tariq.
Kai was shot in the head by Beverly Hope after escaping from prison.
"Killer Bob" was pulverized by Freddie Sykes after he attacked Dale Cooper.
After Catherine E. Coulson died in real life four days after shooting her final Twin Peaks scenes, her character also succumbed to an illness on the show.
Norman was fatally shot by his half-brother/cousin Dylan in self-defense.
Perhaps the most controversial TV death of 2017, Donna was killed offscreen as an excuse for producers to fire Hayes and hire Leah Remini to replace her.
After multiple time jumps in Season 7, Belle succumbed to old age with Rumple by her side.
The Master shot Missy, his female incarnation, with a laser (not sonic) screwdriver to disable her regeneration after she pledges her loyalty to The Doctor.
Though showrunner Steven Moffat claims Bill is not dead, The Twelfth Doctor's companion as we knew her is no more. After Bill was fatally shot by Jorj and converted into a Cyberman, her crush Heather turned her into sentient oil and they were last seen leaving to travel the universe together.
Chuck (presumably) committed suicide by setting his house on fire when he was inside.
Lucious Lyon's half-brother was stabbed in the neck by their mother in order to prevent Tariq from telling Lucious it was her who kidnapped his granddaughter.
"Mrs. S." was fatally shot by Ferdinand Chevalier.
Geillis was burned at the stake in 1767 after being tried for being a witch.
Claire's modern-day husband was killed in a car accident in 1963.
Frank's sadistic ancestor died in the Battle of Culloden.
Martin was fatally shot by Nazis on Earth-X.
Shortly after coming out to his father, Nate got into an altercation with a bouncer, during which he was fatally shot.
William succumbed to his stomach cancer after taking a road trip to Memphis with Randall.
Moments before Hannah Wells was going to arrest Peter for his role in the conspiracy, Beth shot her husband and then turned the gun on herself.
The terrorist leader was killed in a drone strike on his bunker ordered by President Kirkman.
The First Lady didn't survive a car crash in which the vehicle she was riding in was sideswiped and totaled.
Abby's daughter and brother-in-law assisted with her suicide after she opted to stop cancer treatments after learning that she wasn't selected for a clinical trial.
Joanna was fatally shot by her former lover Derek after she convinced him to give false testimony that Sharon Knowles was murdered by her husband Scott.
Secret Service Agent Kellerman was shot in the head by Van Gogh.
After Red Reddington refused to kill her, Mr. Kaplan took her own life by jumping off a bridge.
Tom was killed by mysterious men who attacked him and Liz in their home, just as he was preparing to tell her what he had learned about the skeleton in the suitcase.
Tom was killed by his lover Claire, who poisoned him and watched him succumb as they were having sex.
After struggling for years with depression and PTSD, Jasper took his own life.
Luna drowned Roan in a fountain during the Final Conclave.
Rosario died off-screen in the Will & Grace revival, during complications from surgery after falling at Karen's house.
After being exposed as the mole working in the FBI, Borden was shot by Patterson and put himself out of his misery by blowing up a bunch of propane tanks in the house where he was hiding.
H.R. was killed by Savitar, who thought he was killing Iris.
Littlefinger had his throat slit by Arya Stark, who was acting on the orders of her sister Sansa.
Olenna died after drinking poison given to her by Jaime Lannister, who wanted to spare her a violent death.
Viserion was slayed by the Night King's spear, but later reanimated as a wight.