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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 and Order]]'' prime was not affected by Jerry Orbach's death, ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury|Law and Order Trial By Jury]]'', the show to which Lennie Briscoe was [[
* 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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* ''[[Highlander the Series]]'': Werner Stocker, the German actor who played the monk Darius, died of cancer. This resulted in Darius being murdered. The episode dealing with Darius' murder was filmed after his death, but used some of the footage of the character that the studio had available spliced in.
* Unlike ''[[All in The Family]]'', on the original British show ''Till Death Do Us Part'' the demise of the protagonist's wife Elsie - when it transformed into ''In Sickness And In Health'' - was due to the genuine demise of actress Dandy Nicholls.
* When long-running soap ''[[As the World Turns]]'' was canceled in 2010, writers had planned to have the show's matriarch, Nancy
* ''[[Rentaghost]]'': Michael Darbyshire, who played Hubert Davenport, died between seasons. Davenport (and Mumford, whose actor did not want to continue in the show with Darbyshire) were written out by having them score permanent jobs haunting a stately home.
* When Norman Beaton died, the show ''[[Desmonds]]'' was replaced by a [[Spin-Off]] about secondary character Porkpie. The first episode begins with him consoling Desmond's widow.
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