Grey’s Anatomyfans have had to grieve a lot of their favorite characters.
Among the toughest to get over was obviously when George O’Malley, played byT.R.
Knightdied, and,duh, when we lost McDreamy, A.K.A.Patrick Dempsey.

But could anything have prepared us for what happened on the mid-season premiere ofGrey’sjust this week?Sob.
It turns out fans would say goodbye to yet another character we hold close to our hearts.
It’s the only thing that made sense.

So I don’t regret it."
This is what we’re doing?
I think I’m chickening out!

I think we have to save him, you guys!'
She added, “Nobody wanted to kill DeLuca.
I didn’t want to kill DeLuca!
This is not the ending [he] deserved!”
Anotherjoked, “I am suing for emotional distress.”
Thank you to all the fans who loved Deluca as much as I did.
Telling his story was and will be one of the great honors of my life.
He also toldDeadlineabout the departure, “Everybody knew, and everybody was, of course, very sad.
I’ve been working with all of these people for seven seasons now.”