27. First Show to Address the Death of a Character
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Dan Blocker, the actor who played “Hoss” on the show, unexpectedly passed away just before production began for the 1972-73 season. Blocker unfortunately suffered from a lung clot that took his life at the young age of 43. The show’s producers decided to address the terrible loss onscreen and announced that Hoss would have an accidental death on an upcoming episode.