What was the first TV character death to have a large public impact? [closed]

Note that I mean TV character here, not actor. By impact, I mean things like staged funerals, grieving letters sent to the network, wide-scale news media coverage, etc.

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Has there ever been a show where the main character dies?

1. Game of Thrones. This series features a lot of violence, as well as a huge ensemble cast. So it's no surprise that several of the primary characters on Game of Thrones have been killed off, even ones who are considered indispensable.

How many LGBT characters have died?

According to GLAAD's analysis, "25 lesbian and bisexual female-identifying characters have died on scripted broadcast and cable television and streaming series since the beginning of 2016."

Is major character death a trope?

The death trope is usually used when referring to the death of a character (for our purposes, we'll be going over the death of the protagonist and the antagonist) of a book or movie.

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