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== [[Film
* Doc Hudson is the only character from the film ''[[Cars]]'' that did not appear in the film's sequel out of respect for the late Paul Newman. According to the writers of the film, Doc is the first character in the series to be killed off permanently as implied by the fact that his former medical clinic has been converted into a memorial museum dedicated to this character, as with the trophy Lightning McQueen won at the very beginning of this film. Fillmore however, was [[The Other Darrin|given a new voice actor]] for this film due to the death of [[George Carlin]], and Red actually lost his voice altogether due to the death of [[Pixar Regulars|Joe Ranft]].
* Due to the death of actress Madge Sinclair, Sarabi is the only character that survived the events of ''[[The Lion King]]'' who did not appear in the sequel.
* ''[[Indiana Jones]]'': Marcus Brody, played by Denholm Elliott.
* Sam Loomis dies offscreen at the end of the sixth ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'' movie due to Donald Pleasence's death.
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* Oliver Reed's character, Proximo, was meant to survive the entire ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'' movie, but due to the actor's death during filming the character was killed off. Even so it cost the studio $3 million to recreate his face for the remaining scenes he "appeared" in.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[8 Simple Rules]]''' Paul Hennessy, played by John Ritter. Ritter suffered an apparent heart attack while on the set of the show rehearsing, and was rushed across the street to the hospital. Turned out he suffered an aortic dissection, and he died. The character was [[Killed Off for Real]]; no official reason given, he "collapsed while buying milk."
** Also, Ritter's character on ''[[Scrubs]]'', Sam Dorian, main character J.D.'s father. The reason given for his death was a massive heart attack.
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** Kenneth MacDonald, who played the [[My Local|Nag's Head]] landlord, Mike, had also died prior to "If They Could See Us Now". Rather than killing Mike, he was said to be in prison, having lost all his money in one of Del's schemes, and been forced to embezzle from the brewery. (MacDonald had put in his will that he didn't want Mike to die.)
* The title character of ''[[Taggart]]''.
* While ''[[Law
* From ''[[The Wire]]'', Detective Ray Cole was played by beloved producer Robert F. Colesbury, who passed away during the show's run. The character gets a meaningful funeral, which takes on a whole new level of depth when you know the [[Reality Subtext]].
** The same thing was done after the death of Richard DeAngelis, who played Major Foerster.
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** After her death, Dewhurst's character on ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', Avery Brown, mother of Murphy, dies. It occured early in the season where Murphy becomes pregnant. Murphy's son was named Avery in her memory.
* A rare double case occurred on the series ''[[15/Love]]'', where two main characters were killed off in one heartbreaking episode because of the (very) young actors' deaths in the same car accident.
*
** The producers knew Florence Halop would not be around for Season 4; the ep "Flo's Retirement" was their way of prepping viewers for this.
* In [[Soap Opera|a soap opera]] this is one of the only occasions when you know a character is
* Speaking of soap operas, ''[[Coronation Street]]'' actress Betty Driver has died aged 91, so her character [[The Danza|Betty Williams]] will now be killed off as well.
** This has happened several times in ''Coronation Street'': Jack Walker, Jerry Booth, Albert Tatlock, Stan Ogden, Bert Tilsley, Blanche Hunt. Elsie Tanner and Christine Hardman were both mentioned as having died several years after they left the show and Annie Walker is talked about in the past tense.
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* South African [[Prime Time Soap]] Isidingo retired character Leonie Haines after her actress [[Wikipedia:Ashley Callie|Ashley Callie]] died from injuries sustained in a car accident at age 31. This became (even more of) a real life [[Tear Jerker]] when she won the Best Actress Mzanzi Star Award just two weeks after her death.
== [[Music]] ==
* The heavy metal band GWAR retired the character Flattus Maximus after his most recent portrayer, Cory Smoot, was found dead.
== [[Radio]] ==▼
* This has happened numerous times on ''[[The Archers]]'', as it is such a [[Long Runner]] that actors are often in it for long enough to become elderly. Usually the death is offstage, but relatively soon after the actor's own death; a notable exception was Nelson Gabriel's death, which occurred after the character had been a tax exile for some time, still talked about by the other characters but not appearing. (Similar to the [[Ballykissangel]] example under TV; the BBC clearly likes this trope.)▼
▲== Radio ==
▲* This has happened numerous times on [[The Archers]], as it is such a [[Long Runner]] that actors are often in it for long enough to become elderly. Usually the death is offstage, but relatively soon after the actor's own death; a notable exception was Nelson Gabriel's death, which occurred after the character had been a tax exile for some time, still talked about by the other characters but not appearing. (Similar to the [[Ballykissangel]] example under TV; the BBC clearly likes this trope.)
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* Following the death of voice actor [[Takeshi Aono]], [[Hideo Kojima]] [https://twitter.com/#!/sdatcher/status/189744782438969345 said] that Col. Roy Campbell wouldn't appear in any future ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' games out of respect for Aono.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* On ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Phil Hartman's characters were effectively retired after his murder in 1998, only appearing as [[The Voiceless|background characters]]. After Doris Grau's death in 1995, Lunchlady Doris also became a mute background character, until 2006 when she returned, voiced by Tress MacNeille.▼
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* On ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Phil Hartman's characters were effectively retired after his murder in 1998, only appearing as [[The Voiceless|background characters]]. After Doris Grau's death in 1995, Lunchlady Doris also became a mute background character, until 2006 when she returned, voiced by Tress MacNeille.
** Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz both continue to appear regularly in [[Simpsons Comics|the comics]], since a voice actor is not necessary.
** Presumably happened to Edna Krabappel after Marcia Wallace died in 2013, due to pneumonia-related breast cancer. In the episode "Holidays of Future Past", Ned claims Edna's death was Homer's fault, but that episode is considered non-canon, and thus the cause of Edna's death has not yet been determined nor revealed.
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