Eight Ways Shows Have Killed Off Unhappy Actors

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Actor Jay Thomas who played Eddie LeBec on Cheers apparently wasn't fond of his onscreen wife Carla, played by Rhea Perlman. Thomas made the mistake of making a disparaging remark about Perlman on his radio show, and that was "all she wrote" for Thomas on the series. The writers killed Thomas off in a violent yet humorous way: while performing as a penguin in an ice show, Eddie LeBec died in a freak Zamboni accident. That will teach anyone to mess with Carla.

Read other instances of unhappy actors having their characters killed in creative ways by the writers here.

Eight Ways Shows Have Killed Off Unhappy Actors