13 Family Guy Characters Whose Deaths Actually Stuck

Family Guy has a funny relationship with death — and we're talking about the concept, not the literal character voiced by Adam Carolla. (And once by Norm Macdonald).

While some characters, like Peter, have managed to die countless times without it sticking, quite a few of his fellow Quahog residents haven't been so lucky.

To that end, TVLine is taking stock of the recurring Family Guy characters who actually died, including several whose passing coincided with the death of their voice actor. For the sake of this list, we're only counting memorable characters, so don't expect to see any one-episode wonders on here.

Scroll down to relive Family Guy's permanent tragedies, then drop a comment with the death that surprised you most.

THELMA GRIFFIN

Cause of Death: Peter's mother suffered a fatal stroke in "Mom's the Word" (Season 12, Episode 12).

MURIEL GOLDMAN

Cause of Death: Mort's wife was stabbed by a vengeful Diane Simmons shortly before own death in "And Then There Were Fewer" (Season 9, Episode 1).

MAYOR ADAM WEST

Cause of Death: No official reason was given, but Mayor West's death was acknowledged in "Adam West High" (Season 17, Episode 20).

The character was written out following the death of voice actor Adam West.

LORETTA BROWN

Cause of Death: Distracted by a new episode of United States of Tara, Peter accidentally dropped a brontosaurus skeleton on Loretta's house while she was taking a bath in "Gone With the Wind" (Season 1, Episode 17 of The Cleveland Show).

HORACE

Caused of Death: The former owner of the Drunken Clam was hit by a baseball — thrown by Jerome, if we're looking to place blame — in "Save the Clam" (Season 11, Episode 19).

FRANCIS GRIFFIN

Cause of Death: Peter, dressed as a clown, accidentally crushed him at Meg's birthday party in "Peter's Two Dads" (Season 5, Episode 10).

DIANE SIMMONS

Cause of Death: The Channel 5 anchor fell off a cliff after being shot by Stewie in "And Then There Were Fewer" (Season 9, Episode 1).

BERTRAM

Cause of Death: The evil baby was shot in the head and stomach by Stewie's crossbow in "The Big Bang Theory" (Season 9, Episode 16).

ANGELA

Cause of Death: Angela went "swimming less than 20 minutes after she had eaten," according to Peter's eulogy in "Pawtucket Pete" (Season 17, Episode 9).

The character was written out following the death of voice actress Carrie Fisher.

VERN AND JOHNNY

Cause of Death: The Vaudeville-ready duo was shot to death by Stewie in "Saving Private Brian" (Season 5, Episode 4).

DOUG

Cause of Death: Voiced by Chris Parnell, this classmate/nemesis of Stewie died off screen in a commuter plane crash amid their opposing campaigns for Class Snack Captain in "The Candidate" (Season 21, Episode 10). 

TVLine confirmed Doug's death, with Fox ensuring us that he is gone for good.

MR. WEED

Cause of Death: Hoping to get ahead at the toy factory, Peter invited his boss over for dinner, but his plan backfired when Mr. Weed choked on Lois' cooking and died in "Mr. Saturday Knight" (Season 3, Episode 9).

PADDY TANNIGER

Cause of Death: "Big whoop! Wanna fight about it?" wasn't just Paddy's catchphrase. It was also the last thing he ever said, before being run over (then backed over, then run over again) by Brian and Stewie's tank in "Hell Comes to Quahog" (Season 5, Episode 3).