The most shocking TV deaths of the 21st century

Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) prepare to board a fateful flight in HBO's "Succession," on which Logan dies.

Kevin Costner as John Dutton in Season 5 of Paramount Network's "Yellowstone." Dutton was shot in the head in a staged suicide.

Joyce Summers (Kristine Sutherland), Buffy's mom, dies of a brain aneurysm in UPN's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Also pictured: Michelle Trachtenberg, Sarah Michelle Gellar,

Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito, right) taunts the frail Hector 'Tio' Salamanca (Mark Margolis) during a visit to the old man's nursing home in AMC's "Breaking Bad." Fring dies in an explosion there.

Lane Pryce (Jared Harris, second from right), dies by suicide in AMC's 'Mad Men' after being forced to resign from the ad agency for embezzlement. (From left: Jon Hamm, John Slattery and Robert Morse).

Adriana La Cerva (Drea de Matteo), the girlfriend of Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli, left) is killed by Silvio Dante after she becomes an FBI informant on HBO's "The Sopranos."

Beloved Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) is killed by Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, left) in AMC's "The Walking Dead."

Jackie (Ella Purnell) dies in the 1990s timeline in Season 1 of Showtime's "Yellowjackets," not from an act of direct violence, as many fans guessed she might, but from the casual cruelty of teenager drama with deadly consequences. After Jackie is shunned by teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse, left), and forced out of the cabin the stranded girls have been living in for shelter in the Canadian wilderness, she dies of hypothermia on an unexpectedly cold night. Her crime that sent her to sleep outside? Pissing everyone off and losing friends.

Debra Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) dies in a mercy killing at the hands of her brother, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) in the series finale of Showtime's "Dexter."

"9-1-1" Capt. Bobby Nash, a lead actor in the ABC rescue series, dies from a virus after a lab explosion in the April 17, 2025 episode, while saving Chimney (Kenneth Choi).