Slate just did a whole package about fictional deaths, so you might find some inspiration there? To me the answer after Joyce Summers is always Wallace on the Wire.
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Grey’s Anatomy is ripe for this on character deaths.
Gary on 30Something was devastating.
Jimmy Smits on NYPD BLUE
And Mr Hooper on Sesame Street.
The Walking Dead is similar to Greys in having many options.
Oh, Wallace
How about Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan, in Farscape? She died in season 3.
And Wallace leads me right to Stringer Bell and Omar.
My nephew's celebration of life is scheduled for early September. Right after my last round of chemo. I'm still alternating between heartbroken and so mad at him for taking his own life when I'm going through so much shit trying to extend mine.That's a lot, Epic. I think its good that you're being honest about those feelings.
Wallace is a good one!
Here's the list of ones that are taken:
Adam McGovern on LT TASHA YAR - STAR TREK: TNG | Josh Glenn on CHUCKLES THE CLOWN - THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW | Trav SD on COL HENRY BLAKE - M*A*S*H | Kathy Biehl on PHIL HARTMAN - VARIOUS | Heather Quinlan on DERMOT MORGAN - FATHER TED | Michele Carlo on FREDDIE PRINZE - CHICO AND THE MAN | Kevin J Walsh on YEOMAN JANICE - STAR TREK | Max Alvarez on LANE PRYCE - MAD MEN | Krista Margies Kunkel on JOYCE SUMMERS - BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | Bridget Bartolini on ALEX KAMAL - THE EXPANSE | Catherine Christman on MRS SANDRINGHAM - THE WEST WING | Mark Kingwell on OMAR LITTLE - THE WIRE | Lynn Peril on PETE DUEL - ALIAS SMITH AND JONES | Miranda Mellis on LISA FISHER - SIX FEET UNDER | Russ Hodge on BOBBY SIMONE - NYPD BLUE | Rich Svinkin on TONY SIRICO - THE SOPRANOS | Fran Pado on EDITH BUNKER - ALL IN THE FAMILY | Jack Silbert on BOB EINSTEIN - CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
David, what about MacLean Stevenson/Henry Blake on MASH?
Also, hi, everybody. ::waves::
Ah, Henry Blake is taken.
One death that was really a shock and a heartbreaker for me was Adriana on The Sopranos.
Also, Mr. Hooper from Sesame Street is a great one, which someone (I forgot to reread!) mentioned above.