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content for this list we’re looking at
the most heartbreaking deaths from the
first three seasons of the series and
since we’re discussing fatal plot points
you can expect mature content and a
horde of spoilers swarming your way
number 10
Griselda Salazar the kind of Cynthia
when a riot breaks out in LA Griselda
Salazar convinces her husband to let
Liza Travis and Chris hide inside her
family store after a fire forces them to
evacuate Griselda’s foot gets pinned by
metal her condition worsens as society
breaks down eventually she’s taken away
from her family to receive treatment but
by the time Liza finds her Roselle does
foot has been amputated and she’s
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it’s better looking better disciplined
sadly Griselda’s family never even gets
to say goodbye but even if they had been
present her delirium would have made
that farewell difficult as a final
somber note liza shoots Griselda in the
head so she doesn’t become an infected
number 9 Thomas Abigail Thomas after
escaping LA on a boat named the abigail
strand is hell-bent on making it to
Mexico it’s later revealed that he made
the trip to reunite with his lover
Thomas Abigail but by the time strand
reaches Mexico he finds the Thomas has
been bitten by and infected never he
refuses to leave Thomas aside and
decides to die with him however strand
backs out of his promise at the last
moment and shoots his lover so he won’t
turn Colman Domingo and Dougray Scott
excellent performances elevate every
moment strand doesn’t shell
vulnerability often but when he does it
is heartbreaking
Martha and Russell Brown were an older
married couple who were always seen in
the background but they’re placed front
and center in one tragic vignette
Russell awakes in the middle of the
night to find that Martha has turned
although she tries to bite him her lack
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instead of running away from his
infected wife Russel dances with her
unable to go on without her he takes a
gun and shoots himself and his wife in
the head
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the whole scene only lasts for a few
minutes but their deaths still pack a
huge emotional punch
number seven Matt sale made me at the
beach we’d watch the sunset go back to
my place before the infected outbreak
overtook la Alicia and her boyfriend
Matt made plans to meet up but when he
fails to show
Alicia visits his house and finds him
feverish and weak although she and her
parents try to help it’s not long before
they realized Matt has been bitten
Alicia tries to stay but Matt encourages
her to go and says that his family is on
the way to help Presley the young Matt
sending Alicia away was an incredibly
mature and horrifyingly sad decision
that saved her life
whether his parents arrived to see their
son before he became undead is a
depressing question that remains
unanswered number six
Jeremiah Jake Otto jr. the ranch knew
what you really are
throughout his life Jake constantly
tried to keep his brother Troy’s
sadistic side under control but when
Troy plots to lead a horde of infected
right to a ranch of survivors Jake makes
the painful decision to take his brother
out you know he scream Nick rabbits they
they scream like human beings however
Nick intervenes at the last second and
knocks Jake away from his brother and
right into an infected teeth
although Nick and Troy amputate the
bitten arm he bleeds out dies and
reanimates soon after
sadly Jake’s death doesn’t prevent the
ranch from being overrun with infected
his passing only succeeds in bringing
more pain to his loved ones number five
Christopher Manawa as the apocalypse
rages on Chris adopts darker methods to
survive his sinister behavior leads him
to abandon his father Travis and start
traveling when Chris falls asleep while
driving new allies around he gets into a
horrific accident although he escapes
the wreck with a damaged leg his
companions decide the injury is too
severe and that he must be put down
Chris may have chosen a dark path but
the sight of the teenager crawling and
desperate to live is still a harrowing
site and Travis’s extreme reaction was a
sad reminder that he still cared about
his troubled son number 4 Willa Geary
George good even children aren’t immune
from the horrors of this grim world the
main group discovers the Gary family is
living on an isolated island while
exploring the house Nick finds pills
that were made to cause painless deaths
unfortunately the young will Aguirre
seize the pills and decides to take one
her little brother later discovers her
body unaware of what really happened
something wrong the tragedy deepens when
will it reanimates and bites into her
grieving mother Melissa the Geary family
managed to whether the initial chaos of
the outbreak but it only took one
accident to permanently tear them apart
no one saw this shocking death coming
Travis and his stepdaughter Alicia
narrowly escaped a fallen military depot
in a helicopter during their flight
bullets punched through the helicopter
and hit Travis we see him grab his neck
before revealing a severe stomach wound
without hesitation
Travis moves to throw himself out of the
helicopter so he can’t turn and hurt
anyone
this death was absolutely devastating to
his daughter as well as fans who had
followed him from episode one Travis
always tried to do the right thing for
his family and his final sacrifice
proves he thought of them until the
number two Elizabeth Liza Ortiz can you
still take Christopher I don’t want to
go yes it’s dad Liza was a nursing
student who balanced her studies with a
complicated family life after the
outbreak she lied about being a
professional nurse so she could provide
medical assistance to people in need a
pedigree if then you choose for the
night okay
Liza’s deception takes her to a medical
facility that is eventually overrun
after escaping the base Liza reveals
that she’s been wounded by an infected
although she intended to shoot herself
ex-husband Travis ultimately pulls the
trigger from her final conversation with
Travis to her son Chris hearing the
gunshot in the distance every aspect of
Liza’s death is devastating her actions
were selfless but cost her everything
before we reveal our number one pick
number one Oh failure Salazar well Fela
Salazar was willing to do anything for
her people when her group is stuck in a
pantry that’s running low on oxygen she
volunteers to investigate the problem Oh
Fela discovers the air vent is blocked
by an infected while clearing it away
she gets bitten as the virus spreads we
watch a failure struggle to fight a
losing battle she tries to hold on long
enough to see her father Daniel one last
time but dies seconds before he arrives
watching the strong-willed Ofelia slowly
suffer is hard enough but seeing her
stoic father break down and shoot his
only daughter makes this a particularly
heartbreaking death do you agree with
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