User blog:MattBoo 2/"Simpsons" character to be killed off in 2014

"Simpsons executive producer Al Jean turned a few non-animated heads recently when he mentioned that the long-running comedy is planning to kill off one of its characters. His big clue? He/she is voiced by an actor who won an Emmy for this role. (That seems to limit our victim pool to a character played by Anne Hathaway, Kelsey Grammer, Marcia Wallace, Jackie Mason, or any of the series regulars with the exception of Harry Shearer. Yes, Shearer — the voice of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman and Reverend Lovejoy, among others — has never won an Emmy for his Simpsons work. Express your outrage below.)

''Given that the death of a familiar face is not a common occurrence in Springfield (R.I.P., Maude Flanders, Fat Tony, Mona Simpson, Bleeding Gums Murphy), EW tried to squeeze more precious info out of Jean. Alas, the show runner wouldn’t reveal how integral the character is to the series, other than to say that he/she has appeared more than twice on the show. The episode is tentatively slated to run next fall as the season 26 premiere, according to Jean. “It’ll be bigger than ‘Who shot J.R.?’,” quips Jean, “but not as big as ‘Who Shot Mr. Burns?’”"''

Yup, soon a Springfieldian will be killed off next year. Looks like we have another "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" on our hands. Source right here in this very link. I think either Krusty's dad or Apu are gonna walk the plank. They're not very essential or important in my opinion. Maybe even Princess Penelope...

~MattBoo

P.S. List in the comments who you think will die.