What makes 'a good TV death'? These 15 demises are creative, complex, even brilliant.

When done well — as "Succession" just proved — the passing of a television character can inspire powerful material involving shock and grief, or perhaps guilt and relief. It can also be an occasion for big laughs, something "Seinfeld" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" managed to pull off.

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