From mobster to cartoon mutt: Five of the saddest tv deaths that still hit hard to this day

These haunting words were uttered by gentle gangster Bobby Bacala 19 years ago during the sixth and final season of the HBO mob drama "The Sopranos" when discussing how a wise guy usually meets his unceremonious end.Just a few short episodes later, and everyone's favorite manicotti-obsessed soldier would find himself in a pool of his own blood on the floor of a model train store.Bacala isn't the only death that gripped television audiences when it happened, though.'LOST' LEADS NOSTALGIA TV POPULARITY FOR AUDIENCES SEEKING 'INNOCENT TIME': EXPERTSHere are five characters who met an untimely demise during the run of their respective TV shows, and how their deaths still impact fans to this day.Also, this may be obvious, but spoilers ahead.Ian Gelder stars as Kevan Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones.(Alamy)This one was hard to watch even as a 20-something single guy, but now that I have a child of my own, it's a literal knife to the heart.Shireen Baratheon is the daughter of hopeful king Stannis Baratheon, and for the majority of her three-season run, she is one of the purest characters on a show full of absolute scoundrels.It's what makes her death all the more shocking and heartbreaking when Stannis, drunk with power and desperate to claim the throne, is convinced by religious zealot Melisandre to sacrifice his daughter to The Lord of The Light to help him win a war.And we aren't talking a poison drink or clean beheading here.

This is a gruesome death where Shireen is burned at the stake.What makes the scene even more gut-wrenching is seeing how much Shireen adores and trusts her father throughout the show, only to be cast aside like a pawn in his quest for power.As she screams, Stannis can only watch in horror, likely realizing what he has just done, but Melisandre looks on, completely unfazed.Tough to watch, if we are being honest.Zachary Levi attends Lionsgate's "The Unbreakable Boy" premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York City on Feb.19, 2025...