Another 'Walking Dead' fan favorite says goodbye

Stephen Proctor

Fans of The Walking Dead had to say farewell to yet another of their favorite characters Sunday night. In a year in which we’ve lost Carl (Chandler Riggs), Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and possibly Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Jesus (Tom Payne) breathed his last. In typical heroic fashion, he died trying to get others to safety.

While on a mission to rescue Eugene (Josh McDermott) with Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Aaron (Ross Marquand), the group found themselves in a graveyard with a new foe approaching. After fighting off a few walkers with ninja-like skill, Jesus took one last swing of the sword only to have the would-be walker duck, then stab him in the back. Other than Eugene and Rosita, this was the group’s first encounter with the Whisperers, living humans hiding among the dead.

Fans did not take Jesus’s death lightly.

Though many mourn, Payne was ready for his stint on the show to end. He said in a recent interview that he had become frustrated and bored with the character’s storyline.

The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC.

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