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

Lt. Col Henry Blake from M*A*S*H

Blake’s (McLean Stevenson) departure from M*A*S*H had been announced prior to its occurrence, but nobody expected the character to have been killed off in such a sobering and permanent way. After he was finally discharged from the Army, Blake’s transport plane was gunned down over the Sea of Japan. His death was a turning point for the series, which began to reflect more seriously on the tolls of war.

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