The 7 most sad television deaths of the 90s

From special dramatic episodes to soap operations, these intrigues shocked the public.


These days, major characters die on television is an old hat, and we can probably thank The climb of Prestige television for that. During the previous decades, the deaths of the character were rarer. But of The sopranos to Lost to Thrones , one show after the other withdrew the carpet from the subsolespectors by adding pivotal players on the left and right, without worrying about alienating the public.

For their old rarity, the deaths of characters used much stronger. These days, we are entering a show by expecting our favorites might not spend a living season, but three decades ago, it was still a shock each time a main character was killed . Read the continuation for seven of the most sad TV deaths of the 90s. (Spoilers to come, obviously!) If you watched these programs at the time, you probably did not survive them today.

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1
Gary Shepherd, Thirty -one

Peter Horton in Thirtysomething
MGM television

Thirty -one is a series that lives and breathes at the end of the 80s Yuppiedom, but one of its most decisive moments came during the 15th episode of the fourth and last season series, which was broadcast in 1991. In "Fighting The Cold ", Stay-At Home Maman Nancy ( Patricia Wettig ) Spered a surgery for ovary cancer, only for one of his best friends - college, environmentalist and Golden Retriever Gary die in a bike accident . (The word is actor Peter Horton I wanted to go to the staging, what he did with some success.) It was an emotional moment heartbreaking in a spectacle defined by his crisis of the crisis in the middle of life in the middle of life - But in the right way. The death of one of the main gangs has led survival, now in mid-third take stock of their lives - and gave beloved television characters everywhere Look at their back .

2
Scott Scanlon, Beverly Hills 90210

Douglas Emerson in Beverly Hills, 90210
CBS TV distribution

It does not become much sadder than getting on your stomach accidentally on the day of your birthday, after discovering that the few people who came to your gearbox party were cajolated by your mom and sung by your ex-friendly friend . Such was the death of Beverly Hills, 90210 Scott Scanlon ( Douglas Emerson ) after the producers decided that they could afford only one sophomore cheesy at the start of season 2 of the Teen series and chose to keep Brian Austin Green David. Rather than sending scanlon permanently in Oklahoma as originally planned, the producer Charles Rosin decided to fight against armed violence in a " very special episode "From the show. The consequences lead David to complain that nobody cared about scanlon until his death, pouring the hearts of viewers on a character that they did not need to worry until this moment. R.I.P. Scott, even if the gang forgot that you were an episode later.

3
B.J. Jones, General hospital

Brighton Hertford in General Hospital
Distribution of the Disney platform

The 1994 death of B.J. Jones, seven years old ( Brighton Hertford ) on the soap General hospital Keeps as one of the most incredibly sad television scenarios of all time, landing the actors Brad Maule and Jacklyn Zeman Emmy nominations for their heartbreaking work as parents of the little girl, Tony Jones and Bobbie Spencer every day. The school bus of the young B.J. is struck by a drunk driver, reaching hospitalized and on a fan. The viewers looked at her parents - a doctor and a nurse - not only struggled to reconcile with the fact that their daughter was clinically dead, but also made the decision to remove the support of life and give your heart to your youngest sick cousin, Maxie ( Robyn Richards ). After the death of B.J. and the transplant which saves Maxie's life, Tony presss his ear in Maxie's chest to listen to her heart to continue beating in the chest of her cousin. If that is not enough, Maxie too later Learn that his cousin is dead When she plans a party at home for the moment when B.J. leaves the hospital. Her mother Felicia ( Kristina Wagner ) tells him that B.J. has already left the hospital - to go "directly to paradise", bringing the little girl to complain that she did not say goodbye. But she did it, Felicia shares, giving her her heart. Sob.

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4
Bobby Simone, NYPD Blue

Jimmy Smits and Dennis Franz in NYPD Blue
20th television

NYPD Blue was a drama of revolutionary cop from the mid -90s for more reasons than his simple foul language (for network television) and (mainly men, mainly rear). The show also cut off its main character - twice, but only once deadly. Star of the first season in small groups David Caruso left the role of leader the detective John Kelly a few episodes in the second season, in the middle of the gossip on the actor diva behavior ; Although the character never returned, he remained off screen and was sometimes mentioned later. This is not the case for the release of the Caruso replacement, Jimmy Smites As a detective Bobby Simone. After four years of surveys on macabre murder, the character was shot down by a post-transplantation heart infection in the episode of the start of the fifth season "Hearts and Souls". His death was a feeling of the week swept away, offering the series' Best notes in three years .

5
Dan Conner, Roseanne

John Goodman on Roseanne
Carsey-werner distribution

The death so sad that the producers had to undo it, because the prospect of launching a Roseanne The renewal without the patriarch and the head man of the sitcom was unthinkable. During nine seasons of the successful Blue Collar comedy, John Goodman's Dan was a foil capable of the Acerbian roseanne (Roseanne Barr ) and a loving father, so perpetually exasperated, of his three children. In many ways, it was the sweet and beating heart of an often funny and acid language. This is why it was so sad when, in the last episode of the series, the narration of the voiceover of Roseanne revealed that Dan was actually died of the heart attack, it was shown that he survived in The end of the eighth season, and that all that the ninth controversial season represents - including the bounders winning the lottery - has been Invented by Roseanne (The character), writing and changing history as a way to face the death of her husband. When the show returned for a 10th season in 2018, the story was rewritten again: the victory of the lottery remained a fiction, but Dan returned to life (and continued to direct the spin-off Connecs After Roseanne was drawn from his own show In the wake of racist tweets).

6
Jadzia Dax, Star Trek: Deep Space Neuf

Terry Farrell in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Primordial national distribution

Star Trek: The next generation Viewers tortured in 1988 with the sudden death of the head of security Tasha Yar, designed when the actor Denise Crosby Leaving the show after Growing bored with its thankless role. The spin-off Star Trek: Deep Space Neuf Followed with his own death negotiations by contract in 1998 when, at the end of the penultimate season, he offered the original crew Jadzia Dax. Terry Farrell refused to return as a full -time distribution member, quoting exhaustion And a bad working relationship with the producer Rick Berman . Since Dax was an almost immortal symbiotic being, the show explained things by quickly transplanting the character in a new host, Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer ), but Fans have never completely recovered . (Farrell's post-Trek career behaved better and included a multi-year race in the sitcom Becker .)

7
Doyle, Angel

Glenn Quinn in Angel
20th television

Some television deaths tragically resonate in real life. When the affable deyle left the use of the detective vampire which fights against crime ( David Boreanaz ) in the first season of Buffy against vampires The spin-off by dying in a last act of disinterested heroism, there was more involved than a simple twist of the plot. Actor Glenn Quinn , a veteran of Roseanne , was in difficulty with drug addiction at the time, and its erratic behavior led producers to Write the character a spectacle. Angel is a fantasy, so of course, there was always a chance that Doyle could come back. the Writers have even developed a plan To get there, but unfortunately, Quinn died of a drug overdose in 2002. The series paid touching Tribute to the character (and actor) In his 100th monumental episode, "You are welcome", which was broadcast in 2004.


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