One of the main reasons we watch television is to escape from our dull, ordinary lives. TV allows us to travel to magical lands where spectacular events occur to groups of attractive people. Twists and turns in the show’s story keep us engaged as viewers. With that fast-paced narrative, however, comes a hefty price. Television actors are some of the most vulnerable people in Hollywood; constantly facing the prospect of their character being killed off.
Television characters are killed off for a variety of reasons. Maybe the show isn’t doing well, and a shocking death will generate a lot of publicity. Maybe an actor is becoming too big for their boots (Nicollette Sheridan) and nobody wants to work with them any more. Either way, there have been some television deaths that have come out of the blue, and rocked the Earth itself. Allow me to walk you through some of these untimely passings now: