The Walking Dead: 50 Best Deaths

45. Richard

The Walking Dead Greatest Deaths Denise Governor
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The Episode: Bury Me Here

How It Happened: After his orchestrations to motivate the Kingdom into a war with the Saviors caused the death of Benjamin instead of himself like he had planned, Richard was violently beaten to death by Morgan in front of Gavin, Ezekiel, and everyone else present at the meeting between the Saviors and the Kingdom, an act of anger on Morgan's part that also served to fulfill what Richard wanted from the beginning.

Why It Was Great: Richard's death at the hands of Morgan radically changed the latter's character forever, breaking down the pacifist philosophy he had been clinging to and turning him once more into a man of real action.

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