Grey s Anatomy Showrunner Explains the Decision to Kill Off One of the Series Major Characters People 3/12/2021
This post contains spoilers from Monday s episode of Grey s Anatomy.
Station 19, the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial fought hard to save the life of Dr. Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) who was stabbed in his attempt to pursue and expose a sex trafficker. But things quickly took a turn after an emergency surgery, and DeLuca died on the operating table.
In a statement posted on Twitter shortly after the episode aired, Vernoff, 47, wrote, Giacomo has brought so much talent and so much heart to the role of Andrew DeLuca. We at Grey s Anatomy are grieving the death of this character with all of you. Giacomo played him so beautifully and took him on such a powerful journey from intern, to romantic, to a mental health crisis and back again.