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Here's a breakdown revisiting some of the most shocking and tragic character deaths and exits on TV this decade.

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00:00So we're wrapping up another decade and leaving the 2010s behind. We've had some good

00:04times, we've had some bad times and in the land of television we've had some pretty

00:09heartbreaking moments, especially when it comes to our favorite characters leaving

00:13our favorite shows. So here at THR we're taking you down memory lane and revisiting

00:18some of the most shocking exits and tragic character deaths on TV this decade.

00:30First up we have Sean Bean getting axed literally from Game of Thrones. Of course we all

00:35know HBO's sprawling fantasy drama to bookend its seasons with shocking character deaths.

00:40Its first major moment though came as a shock to almost everyone when in the penultimate

00:44episode of season 1, the series' leading man Sean Bean's Ned Stark was beheaded and setting

00:50the tone for the rest of the series and officially preparing fans to always expect

00:54the unexpected all the way to its bitter end. RIP Khaleesi.

00:58The autopsy found that it wasn't a heart attack. Roseanne OD'd on opioids.

01:05Not possible.

01:06Next we have Roseanne Barr exiting Roseanne. Although her exit wasn't exactly shocking,

01:12following a racist Twitter tirade, ABC axed Barr from her titular series and ended the show

01:17altogether in favor of a Roseanne-less spinoff, The Conners. What was shocking however was that

01:22her character was in fact killed off the show. In the Conners premiere, her death was explained

01:26as an opioid overdose following knee surgery.

01:37Then of course there was Samira Wiley's shocking exit from Orange is the New Black.

01:42At the end of the Netflix original's fourth season, the series said goodbye to one of its

01:46most popular ensemble stars in a move that would leave an indelible impact on the series.

01:51Wiley's character was suffocated by a prison guard, echoing the real-life death of Eric Garner

01:55and sparking a riot that would span all of season five and set up the storyline for its final two seasons.

02:01Wiley spoke to THR of the timely story that touched on racial injustice and the

02:06Black Lives Matter movement saying,

02:08Then we have Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle, who left suits for a pretty valid reason I'd say.

02:31Once Markle, the now Duchess of Sussex, began dating Prince Harry, her fate on the series was all but

02:36foretold. But after Markle made it official, her on-screen love made his exit official too.

02:41Both Markle and Adams' characters left the series after more than a hundred episodes and an

02:46on-screen wedding between their characters that aired shortly before Markle's own

02:50real-life nuptials to Prince Harry.

02:51And quite possibly what was the most tragic character exit in the history of television,

03:04or at least in my mind, we have Patrick Dempsey leaving Grey's Anatomy.

03:08Meredith Grey lost her McDreamy when Dempsey's Dr. Derek Shepherd was killed off in the

03:13long-running medical drama in season 11 in an episode written by creator Shonda Rhimes herself.

03:18Although Dempsey had a year left on his reported $400,000 per episode contract at the time of

03:23his departure, he remained in business with ABC Studios with his development deal.

03:27The blow was especially hard for us fans following the departure of Sandra Oh's

03:31Christina Yang at the end of season 10.

03:34She was her person.

03:36You are my person. You will always be my person.

03:40Alright guys, be sure to check out THR's full list of the biggest actor exits and character

03:44debts of the 2010s by heading over to THR.com and until next time for The Hollywood Reporter News,

03:50I'm Neha Joy.

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