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*** A very touching example occurred with. NYPD officer John W. Perry, who had frequently appeared on the show as an extra by the time of his death during the September 11th attacks. The first anniversary was commemorated when Commissioner Bo Buchanan was seen looking at John's picture and sadly musing, "I can't believe it's been a year;" the scene evidently did not require much acting on the part of Bo's actor, Robert Woods. The in-universe story was that Perry had been ''visiting'' New York on that day (the show is set in Pennsylvania, making this plausible), but had died as he had in RealLife -- [[HeroicSacrifice rushing down to the Trade Center to help, and killed when the South Tower collapsed]]. It was very well-handled, especially for an entertainment genre that had struggled over how or if to acknowledge the tragedy onscreen.

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*** A very touching example occurred with. with NYPD officer John W. Perry, who had frequently appeared on the show as an extra by the time of his death during the September 11th attacks. The first anniversary was commemorated when Commissioner Bo Buchanan was seen looking at John's picture and sadly musing, "I can't believe it's been a year;" the scene evidently did not require much acting on the part of Bo's actor, Robert Woods. The in-universe story was that Perry had been ''visiting'' New York on that day (the show is set in Pennsylvania, making this plausible), but had died as he had in RealLife -- [[HeroicSacrifice rushing down to the Trade Center to help, and killed when the South Tower collapsed]]. It was very well-handled, especially for an entertainment genre that had struggled over how or if to acknowledge the tragedy onscreen.

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** A very touching example occurred on ''Series/OneLifeToLive''. NYPD officer John W. Perry had frequently appeared on the show as an extra by the time of his death during the September 11th attacks. The first anniversary was commemorated when Commissioner Bo Buchanan was seen looking at John's picture and sadly musing, "I can't believe it's been a year;" the scene evidently did not require much acting on the part of Bo's actor, Robert Woods. The in-universe story was that Perry had been ''visiting'' New York on that day (the show is set in Pennsylvania, making this plausible), but had died as he had in RealLife -- [[HeroicSacrifice rushing down to the Trade Center to help, and killed when the South Tower collapsed]]. It was very well-handled, especially for an entertainment genre that had struggled over how or if to acknowledge the tragedy onscreen.
** Also on ''One Life to Live'' was Michael Zaslow, who played David Renaldi; the actor was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and confined to a wheelchair. The character, who was absent from the show for several years, was given the same diagnosis when he returned. When Zaslow passed away in 1998, David was written to have likewise died.

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** ''Series/{{Neighbours}}:
*** Two years after Vivean Gray died, and years after she and her onscreen family had left the show, Mrs Mangel was revealed to have died while her granddaughter Jane Harris was visiting Erinsborough.
*** After Russell Kiefel died in November 2016, Russell Brennan died offscreen, impacting the Brennan family's storylines for some time afterward.
*** Eight months after the death of Joy Chambers in September 2023, Paul Robinson received a call that his Aunt Rosemary had died. Rosemary Daniels had been a frequent guest between 1986 and 1998 and had last appeared in 2010.
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A very touching example occurred on ''Series/OneLifeToLive''.with. NYPD officer John W. Perry Perry, who had frequently appeared on the show as an extra by the time of his death during the September 11th attacks. The first anniversary was commemorated when Commissioner Bo Buchanan was seen looking at John's picture and sadly musing, "I can't believe it's been a year;" the scene evidently did not require much acting on the part of Bo's actor, Robert Woods. The in-universe story was that Perry had been ''visiting'' New York on that day (the show is set in Pennsylvania, making this plausible), but had died as he had in RealLife -- [[HeroicSacrifice rushing down to the Trade Center to help, and killed when the South Tower collapsed]]. It was very well-handled, especially for an entertainment genre that had struggled over how or if to acknowledge the tragedy onscreen.
** Also on ''One Life to Live'' was *** Michael Zaslow, who played David Renaldi; the actor was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and confined to a wheelchair. The character, who was absent from the show for several years, was given the same diagnosis when he returned. When Zaslow passed away in 1998, David was written to have likewise died.
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* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has a mix of this and CharacterOutlivesActor with Trini Kwan, the original Yellow Power Ranger. Trini's actress, Thuy Trang, died in 2001, leaving her character in limbo. ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersOnceAndAlways'' finally puts what happened to Trini to rest, both in confirming she outlived Thuy, and at the same time, killing her character off.
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** When Lennard Pearce died, they decided to kill off his character, Granddad (offscreen, of course). Thus the first episode made after Pearce's death begins with Granddad's funeral.

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** When Lennard Pearce Creator/LennardPearce died, they decided to kill off his character, Granddad Grandad (offscreen, of course). Thus the first episode made after Pearce's death begins with Granddad's Grandad's funeral.

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* The revival of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' eventually revealed that Grace's mother Bobbi Adler had passed away between seasons following the death of her actress Creator/DebbieReynolds.

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** There was an episode that dealt with Will grieving his father's death. The man's actor, Sydney Pollack, really died.
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The revival of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' eventually revealed that Grace's mother Bobbi Adler had passed away between seasons following the death of her actress Creator/DebbieReynolds.
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*** It's eventually revealed that Christine as passed away as well, coinciding with her actress, Creator/MarkiePost.

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** On ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'', when Benjamin Hendrickson died in 2006, his character Chief was also killed off.



** Dewhurst's character on ''Series/MurphyBrown'', Avery Brown, mother of Murphy, dies early in the season where Murphy becomes pregnant. Murphy's son, who she gives birth to at the end of the season, is named Avery in her memory.

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** Dewhurst's character on ''Series/MurphyBrown'', Avery Brown, mother of Murphy, dies early in the season where Murphy becomes pregnant. Murphy's son, who she gives birth to is born at the end of the season, is named Avery in her memory.



* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has a mix of this and CharacterOutlivesActor with Trini Kwan, the original Yellow Power Ranger. Trini's actress, Thuy Trang, died in 2001, leaving her character in limbo. Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersOnceAndAlways finally puts what happened to Trini to rest, both in confirming she outlived Thuy, and at the same time, killing her character off.

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* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has a mix of this and CharacterOutlivesActor with Trini Kwan, the original Yellow Power Ranger. Trini's actress, Thuy Trang, died in 2001, leaving her character in limbo. Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersOnceAndAlways ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersOnceAndAlways'' finally puts what happened to Trini to rest, both in confirming she outlived Thuy, and at the same time, killing her character off.



* During the ''Series/HomeImprovement'' and ''Series/LastManStanding'' {{Crossover}}, Tim reveals that his neighbor Wilson had died sometime after 1999. Wilson's actor Earl Hindman died of lung cancer in 2003.
* ''Series/{{Lassie}}'': When George Cleveland who played Gramps Miller died from a heart attack in 1957, his character was killed off in the season 4 episode Transition.

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* During the ''Series/HomeImprovement'' and ''Series/LastManStanding'' {{Crossover}}, Tim reveals that his neighbor Wilson had died sometime after 1999. Wilson's actor Earl Hindman died of lung cancer in 2003.
* ''Series/{{Lassie}}'': When George Cleveland Cleveland, who played Gramps Miller Miller, died from a heart attack in 1957, his character was killed off in the season 4 episode Transition."Transition."



* ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'': When Benjamin Hendrickson died in 2006, his character Chief was also killed off.

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