You'll Never Recover from These Seriously Devastating TV Character Deaths

Marvin Eriksen, Sr. from How I Met Your Mother

The abrupt death of Marshall’s (Jason Segel) father was made all the more poignant by some brilliant acting on behalf of Segel and Alyson Hannigan, who plays Segel's wife, Lily. On his way to share some good news, Marshall bumped into his wife, who tearfully revealed that his father was dead. In an ad-libbed moment of pure emotion, Marshall said, “I’m not ready for this.” If you didn’t cry, you have no soul.

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