History Main / TheCharacterDiedWithHim

** Likewise, Shiozawa's death affected another series he starred in, ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'', where his character Hyo Imawano ends up being KilledOffForReal at the climax of the second game.
* Narrowly averted by Zaeed Massani from the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series: his voice actor, Creator/RobinSachs, died shortly after recording his part in the final content piece for the original trilogy, ''Citadel''. As the [[VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda next game]] in the series featured no returning characters from said trilogy, writing Zaeed out was no longer necessary, so ''Citadel'' was simply [[InMemoriam dedicated to Sachs' memory]].

->''"What's that, Joker? 'You'll be back?' Somehow, I don't think you will be."''

* Due to the death of Creator/GeorgeCarlin in 2008, in ''Film/BillAndTedFaceTheMusic'', his character Rufus is revealed to have died since the events of the previous films; with his wife and daughter playing key roles in the story.

* ''Film/{{Creed|2015}}'': Tony "Duke" Evers never appears in the first film and while it was released in 2015, Tony Burton passed away in early 2016. In the 2018 sequel ''Film/CreedII'', it's never said that Duke himself passed away, but he's alluded to in the past tense when Adonis is meeting with Duke's grown son, also a trainer.
* ''Film/TheFlash2023'': Not long after the two Barry Allens meet [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 Bruce Wayne/Batman]]--who's now an even more isolated recluse, the present day Barry observes the pen with Bruce's faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth's name and refers to him in the past tense ("You had an Alfred"). The actor Creator/MichaelGough passed away back in 2011 age 94.

** Zig-Zagged with Creator/SeanConnery. Henry Jones was said to have passed away in ''Crystal Skull'' as well--Indy also having a picture of him on his desk--but Connery was only retired at the time. There'd been talks about hoping to convince Connery to return--and for Henry to be FakingTheDead--for the next movie for years, but then he passed away in 2020 at age 90. That put the idea of Henry showing up alive in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'' to rest almost immediately.

* ''Film/GoodBurger'': It's implied in ''Good Burger 2'' that Otis and Spatch have passed away sometime after the first film due to the passing of Abe Vigoda and Ron Lester.

*** One documentary said that the "Mr. Hooper's not coming back" scene was the only scene in ''Sesame Street'' history done in a single take because the cast was too emotionally wrecked to do more takes. It speaks volumes that the single take captured genuine emotion and showed that grown-ups, too, can feel sad and cry when people they love die, which played a huge role in keeping the scene at one take... and also played a major role in the scene's critical acclaim.

* Similar Polish radio dramas ''Matysiakowie'' and ''W Jezioranach'' had done this a lot of times. Averted in many cases since the '90s by using TheOtherDarrin.

** Likewise, Shiozawa's death affected another series he starred in, ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'', where his character Hyo Imawano ends up being KilledOffForReal at the climax of the 2nd game.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E13TheManWhoGrewTooMuch The Man Who Grew Too Much]]", Edna Krabappel was stated to have died following Marcia Wallace's passing of pneumonia in 2013. [[NoodleIncident The cause of death in isn't specifically stated]], most likely due to Homer claiming that he accidentally killed Krabappel with his car in the episode, "Holidays of Future Passed", which aired before Marcia Wallace's death. After Ned Flanders has a dream about him and Edna doing the tango, he looks at the picture of Edna and remarks sadly, "I sure do miss that laugh." Nelson the school bully replies, "Ha-ha! [[MoodWhiplash I miss her, too]]." The chalkboard gag [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E3FourRegrettingsAndAFuneral for an earlier episode]] has a sad Bart somberly staring at the board which contains a single line: "We'll really miss you, Mrs. K."

* ''Roleplay/NoPixel'': Misty Mocha told other characters that she had a terminal illness; this turned out to be a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, as her player [=DovahPug=] was dignosed with cancer in RealLife. When [=DovahPug=] passed away in May 2021, Misty's passing was played somberly straight by all other characters, and they held a beachside memorial service for her.

* ''Film/{{Creed}}'': Tony "Duke" Evers never appears in the first film and while it was released in 2015, Tony Burton passed away in early 2016. In the 2018 sequel ''Film/CreedII'', it’s never said that Duke himself passed away, but he’s alluded to in the past tense when Adonis is meeting with Duke’s grown son, also a trainer.

** In addition, Bob Johnson and Luis Rodriguez are implied to have died after the passing of Bob [=McGrath=] and Emilio Delgado.

''Film/GoodBurger'': It's implied in ''Good Burger 2'' that Otis and Spatch have passed away sometime after the first film due to the passing of Abe Vigoda and Ron Lester.

''Film/GoodBurger:It's implied in Good Burger 2 that Otis and Spatch have passed away sometime after the first film due to the passing of Abe Vigoda and Ron Lester.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E13TheManWhoGrewTooMuch The Man Who Grew Too Much]]", Edna Krabappel was stated to have died after getting hit by Homer's car following Marcia Wallace's passing of pneumonia in 2013. After Ned Flanders has a dream about him and Edna doing the tango, he looks at the picture of Edna and remarks sadly, "I sure do miss that laugh." Nelson the school bully replies, "Ha-ha! [[MoodWhiplash I miss her, too]]." The chalkboard gag [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E3FourRegrettingsAndAFuneral for an earlier episode]] has a sad Bart somberly staring at the board which contains a single line: "We'll really miss you, Mrs. K."

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': When actor Will Lee, who played Mr. Hooper, passed away in 1982, the producers were faced with the usual options for dealing with loss on a kids' show: [[TheOtherDarrin cast a new actor]], or [[PutOnABus have the character simply leave the show]] (either with an explanation, such as he retired, or [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome without]]). [[TakeAThirdOption Instead]], the producers realized kids would immediately notice Mr. Hooper was either different or gone without a trace, so ''Sesame Street'' ran an episode where the human characters explain to Big Bird that [[CharacterDeath Mr. Hooper had died]], that it's all right to miss him, and that even though life will never be quite the same when someone beloved dies, it will be okay. In tribute to him, the portrait Big Bird was going to give him still hangs in his nest to this day, nearly 40 years later. It even survived the hurricane that destroyed Big Bird's nest in 2001.
** One documentary said that the "Mr. Hooper's not coming back" scene was the only scene in ''Sesame Street'' history done in a single take because the cast was too emotionally wrecked to do more takes. It speaks volumes that the single take captured genuine emotion and showed that grown-ups, too, can feel sad and cry when people they love die, which played a huge role in keeping the scene at one take... and also played a major role in the scene's critical acclaim.
** This episode is also notable for not using a ReallyDeadMontage. The producers thought that it would be too confusing to talk about Mr. Hooper being gone forever while still showing him on screen. (However, several years after Hooper's passing, one would be played, usually when a newcomer asks about the store or Hooper himself; it was probably determined that enough time had passed and that the audience generally understood that Hooper was no longer with his neighbors and friends.)
* Bob Johnson and Luis Rodriguez are implied to have died after the passing of Bob [=McGrath=] and Emilio Delgado.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E13TheManWhoGrewTooMuch The Man Who Grew Too Much]]", Edna Krabappel was stated to have died following Marcia Wallace's passing of pneumonia in 2013. After Ned Flanders has a dream about him and Edna doing the tango, he looks at the picture of Edna and remarks sadly, "I sure do miss that laugh." Nelson the school bully replies, "Ha-ha! [[MoodWhiplash I miss her, too]]." The chalkboard gag [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E3FourRegrettingsAndAFuneral for an earlier episode]] has a sad Bart somberly staring at the board which contains a single line: "We'll really miss you, Mrs. K."

* Shinji Ogawa, the voice actor for Emperor Reyregalia Vers Rayvers in ''Anime/AldnoahZero'', passed away on March 7, 2015, three episodes before the series was scheduled to end. The Emperor also died in Episode 23, two weeks after Ogawa did.

* Invoked but ultimately averted with ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'s Uncle Duke after the death of Creator/HunterSThompson. When [[http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip/archive/2005/3/8 Duke reads the news]] of Thompson's passing, his head immediately explodes, only to reappear so that he can make sure he didn't misread the story. After Duke confirms the story, his head promptly explodes again. For the remainder of that week, Duke descends into a bizarre, probably drug-fueled series of Ralph Steadman-inspired hallucinations. Considering [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas to whom the tribute was being paid]], this actually seems appropriate. Ironically, this probably would have pissed Thompson off; he ''[[OtherMeAnnoysMe hated]]'' Uncle Duke.

* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'':
** Marcus Brody, played by Creator/DenholmElliott, did not appear in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' due to Elliott's death in 1992. A statue honoring Brody, on the Marshall College's grounds, is shown, and the character's death was written into the movie with the death of the actor. Indy also has a picture of him on his desk, showing Brody during ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' (in a moment when he was lost so how the picture was taken is a bit of a mystery).
** Zig-Zagged with Creator/SeanConnery. Henry Jones was said to have passed away in ''Crystal Skull'' as well—Indy also having a picture of him on his desk—but Connery was only retired at the time. There'd been talks about hoping to convince Connery to return—and for Henry to be FakingTheDead—for the next movie for years, but then he passed away in 2020 at age 90. That put the idea of Henry showing up alive in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'' to rest almost immediately.
* Sam Loomis [[UncertainDoom apparently dies offscreen]] at the end of ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'' Theatrical Cut due to Creator/DonaldPleasence's death in 1995 (in the Producer's Cut, he lives and only screams because he is now cursed by the Mark of Thorn). Every Halloween installment in continuity with the original ''Film/Halloween1978'' afterward, such as ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'' and ''Film/Halloween2018'', had Loomis already deceased with Laurie Strode (Creator/JamieLeeCurtis) taking up his role as Michael Myers's ArchEnemy.

* Colonel Sam Trautman from the ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' series died off-screen in [[Film/RamboIV the fourth movie]] because Creator/SylvesterStallone felt it wouldn't feel right replacing the late Richard Crenna. As he himself put it: "Trautman died the day my friend Richard died."
* Music/CabCalloway and Creator/JohnBelushi both died (in 1994 and 1982, respectively), and their characters of Curtis and Jake Blues are said to have died offscreen in ''Film/BluesBrothers2000''.

* Creator/MartyFeldman's character in ''Film/{{Yellowbeard}}'' was killed off when Feldman died in his hotel room ''[[DiedDuringProduction during filming]]''. Near the end of the film, it is arranged that he falls into acid and dies. But most shots had already been completed and he plays a baddie, so it isn't really strange or sudden that the character dies. Creator/JohnCleese dies suddenly at the beginning of the film, but the actor is still alive; he simply did not like the film.
* Played with in ''Franchise/TheMatrix''. The Oracle's original actress, Gloria Foster, succumbed to diabetes between the [[Film/TheMatrixReloaded second]] and [[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions third films]]. Mary Alice took over the role for the third movie but, rather than go with an [[TheOtherDarrin Other Darrin]] situation, [[TheNthDoctor the "death" was actually made a plot point]] (two other programs had sold the Oracle's termination codes to the Merovingian in return for the safety of their daughter). Thus, as [[HandWave explained]] by the Oracle in the final movie, she is not truly the same being she used to be, although parts of her remain.
* ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding3'': Michael Constantine, who played patriarch Gus Portokalos, passed away in 2021 at age 94 and as a result, Gus's passing is written into the movie as a major driving force of the plot. Bruce Gray passed away at 81 in 2017 and thus, Rodney Miller—Ian's father—is also said to be gone in the last year too.
* ''Film/MyGirl'': Ann Nelson, who played Gramoo Sultenfuss, died in 1992, nearly a year after it was released in theaters. If [[Film/MyGirl2 the sequel]] was in planning before her death, it's unknown whether or not the filmmakers intended to have her return to be part of it. Regardless, it's confirmed in the sequel that Gramoo passed away sometime in between.

* ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'': Creator/LeonardNimoy made his final appearance as Spock Prime in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' before his death in 2015. Early in ''Beyond'', the younger Spock learns of Spock Prime's death, and it motivates much of his character arc.
%%* ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' has General Leia Organa die on-screen through previously unused footage of Creator/CarrieFisher from the previous Sequel Trilogy films, having to direct the last of her vital strength toward using the Force to spiritually connect to her son Kylo Ren. Her body later disappears, having become one with the Force.
%% Bad example. Leia's death was already planned, and they continued with the plan of having her die in The Rise Of Skywalker even though Carrie Fisher died shortly after production wrapped on The Last Jedi. This would be an example if they had either gone back and wrote Leia's death into The Last Jedi or had her die offscreen between the two movies.
* ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' centers around the family of Egon Spengler dealing with his passing. Creator/HaroldRamis, who played Spengler, died in 2014.
* Madge Sinclair, who portrayed Queen Aoleon in ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', passed away in 1995. In ''Film/Coming2America'', it is mentioned that the Queen died sometime before the events of the film.
* Due to the death of Creator/GeorgeCarlin in 2008, in ''Film/BillAndTedFaceTheMusic'', his character Rufus is revealed to have died since the events of the previous films; with his wife and daughter playing key roles in the story.

* Music/{{ACDC}} have not performed "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock & Roll) since Bon Scott's death in 1980, as new singer Brian Johnson considers it "Bon's Song" and wouldn't be right for him to sing it.

* ''Roleplay/NoPixel'': Misty Mocha told other characters that she had a terminal illness; this turned out to be a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, as her player [=DovahPug=] was sick with cancer in RealLife. When [=DovahPug=] passed away in May 2021, Misty's passing was played somberly straight by all other characters, and they held a beachside memorial service for her.

* ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding 3'':
** Michael Constantine, who played patriarch Gus Portokalos, passed away in 2021 at age 94 and as a result, Gus's passing is written into the movie as a major driving force of the plot.
** Bruce Gray passed away at 81 in 2017 and thus, Rodney Miller—Ian's father—is also said to be gone in the last year too.

** Bruce Gray passed away at 81 is 2017 and thus, Rodney Miller—Ian's father—is also said to be gone in the last year too.

* ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding 3'': Michael Constantine, who played patriarch Gus Portokalos, passed away in 2021 at age 94 and as a result, Gus's passing was written into the movie—and outright confirmed by the trailer firsthand as well.

* Bob Johnson and Luis Rodriguez are implied to have died after the passing of Bob McGrath and Emilio Delgado.

[[caption-width-right:340:This book is dedicated to the memory of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee Will Lee,]] who created the role of Mr. Hooper and played it on ''Series/SesameStreet'' until his death on December 7, 1982.]]

* ''Film/TheFlash2023'': Not long after the two Barry Allens meet [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 Bruce Wayne/Batman]]—who's now an even more isolated recluse, the present day Barry observes the pen with Bruce's faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth's name and tells him "You had an Alfred" in the past tense. The actor Creator/MichaelGough passed away back in 2011 age 94.

* ''Film/TheFlash2023'': Not long after the two Barry Allens meet [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 Bruce Wayne/Batman]]—who's not a recluse, the present day Barry observes the pen with Bruce's faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth's name and tells him "You had an Alfred" in the past tense. The actor Creator/MichaelGough passed away back in 2011 age 94.