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(#6) Jen Lindley
Jen (Michelle Williams) may have been the least appreciated character on Dawson's Creek. But she always proved herself to be a great friend and a kindhearted person with brilliant wit.
During the show's 2008 series finale, we flash forward five years. Jen is a single mom. She is living in New York City and managing an art gallery. She returns to Capeside for a wedding and lands in the hospital. Jen is diagnosed with a fatal heart condition called pulmonary congestion.
Jen's friends have to say goodbye to her. It's devastating to watch as she provides words of wisdom for her old pals. However, the sobbing tears really swell from the video that Jen makes for her 1-year-old daughter Amy. Jen passes with her grandmother by her side at the age of 24.
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(#4) J.T. Yorke
J.T. Yorke (Ryan Cooley) is everyone's friend at Degrassi Community School. He is well-liked and enjoys the role of class clown.
During Season 6 of the series, J.T. is a senior in high school with a bright future ahead of him. One night, Emma throws a party for Liberty's (Sarah Barrable-Tishauer) birthday, a girl with whom J.T. has unresolved feelings. At the party, J.T. chases after Liberty in an attempt to get back together.
J.T. goes outside to find Liberty, but spots two drunk Lakehurst teens, Johnny (Scott Paterson) and Drake (Brendan McMurtry-Howlett), next to his car. One of the boys appears to be peeing on J.T.'s vehicle. When he confronts them, Drake takes out a blade and stabs J.T.
Liberty discovers the injured J.T., and he is rushed to the hospital, but it is too late. All of his friends who rushed to the hospital are there to hear the devastating news.
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(#12) Scott Scanlon
Scott Scanlon (Douglas Emerson) knows all about the high school social ladder. Sure, the slightly awkward teen would like to hang at cool parties with the in-crowd. However, Scanlon doesn't try and be someone different than who he is in order to impress people he doesn't really know.
He does, however, have an issue with his best friend David Silver (Brian Austin Green) trying way too hard to be cool. David starts to hang with the popular kids at West Beverly and often ditches Scott in order to chill with the likes of Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestley) and Dylan McKay (Luke Perry).
During Season 2 of 90210, Scott accidentally fatally shoots himself at his 16th birthday party. David is there to witness the life-changing event. For David, Scott's passing is devastating because he knows that he wasn't being a good friend to Scott. Even though Scott's death is an accident, David feels responsible.
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(#2) Tara Maclay
When Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and Tara (Amber Benson) began their relationship on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it was considered a landmark same-sex television coupling. Soon, young witch Tara became a popular and well-liked character on the show.
During a 2002 Season 6 episode, one of Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) enemies, Warren Mears (Adam Busch), shows up at her house. "The Trio" member fires off several rounds at Buffy, but one of the stray bullets winds up hitting Tara. Willow is there to witness the act. In a fit of rage, she goes after Warren and skins him alive, thus becoming Dark Willow.
Tara's sudden demise was devastating for Buffy fans. She was a kind and sweet character who played a key role in the battle of evil. Marti Noxon, who served as the series showrunner during Season 6, later admitted that she regretted what happened to Tara's character. Noxon explained:
There were parts of season six where I feel we went too far. We pushed into some categories that almost felt sadistic and that Buffy was volunteering for things that were beyond just “bad choices” and were almost irresponsible for the character. That may have to do with my own history. [Laughs.] The personal, right? It’s personal. And I think that killing Tara was - in retrospect, of all the people, did she have to die?
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(#1) Finn Hudson
Finn Hudson’s passing would have left anyone with a heartbeat completely devastated. The tragedy becomes a million times sadder when we remember that the actor who portrayed him, Cory Monteith, perished unexpectedly.
The writers at Glee had the difficult task of dealing with Monteith's real-life sudden demise from an OD that occurred prior to the start of the show's fifth season. His character Finn was the heart of the series and one of the most well-liked characters on all of television.
It took producers until the third episode to figure out how to handle the character's death. In the episode "The Quarterback," the glee club performs the song "Seasons of Love" at Finn's funeral. Several weeks later, they hold a memorial for their friend and each sings a song in dedication to Finn.
Finn's girlfriend Rachel (Lea Michele) honors Finn by singing Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love." It's an emotional performance made even more heartbreaking because Michele and Monteith were involved romantically off-screen, as well. Michele's tears and emotions are completely real.
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(#8) Marissa Cooper
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Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) was not perfect - far from it. She had dependency issues and experienced depression. However, when her character perished in a car accident during the show's Season 3 finale, even the haters probably shed a tear or two.
Marissa was finally getting her life together when she passed away in Ryan's (Benjamin McKenzie) arms. Marissa's intoxicated, crazy ex-boyfriend Kevin (Cam Gigandet) caused the accident by running them off the road.
Her demise was totally shocking to viewers. The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz admitted years later that the decision to off Marissa was a difficult one that divided the show's fanbase.
Schwartz said, "There was a lot of anger and fan art that came our way."
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