How they died: In one of the most significant deaths in Simpsons history, season 11’s Alone Again, Natura-Diddily saw Maude meet her maker after she was knocked off the top of the Springfield Speedway grandstand by a t-shirt cannon. Years active: 1990-2000 (although she’s posthumously featured in a number of episodes since) Played by: Maggie Roswell and Marcia Mitzman Gaven Let’s take a look back at those characters who have (dearly) departed Springfield for good over the years.
Why, you could wake up dead tomorrow… well, good night!” The show has always been quite matter-of-fact in addressing death, such as when Homer attempts to comfort Bart before bed-time in ‘Bart The Fink’: “People die all the time, just like that. The latter policy applies, for instance, to those voiced by the late Phil Hartman, and is set to be the likely outcome for the characters voiced by Russi Taylor (such as Martin Prince) after she passed away last year.Ī small number of well-known characters have, however, met their end on The Simpsons in either sorrowful, black comedic or simply depressing circumstances (not counting the non-canon deaths in the ‘Treehouse of Horror’ episodes or The Simpsons Movie, of course). Some have been one-hit wonders, while others have either been phased out of storylines or simply retired.
In The Simpsons‘ vastly-populated cartoon world, a cavalcade of characters have come and gone over the course of the 662 (and counting) episodes which have aired so far.