1. At the end of last season, in typical Walking Dead-style, we were left with a dramatic cliffhanger.
3. …and we learned one of our beloved, walker-killing heroes was about to be murdered by Negan and his barbed-wire bat Lucille.
4. But at this point in the series, the loss of nearly any character on the show would shred us all to pieces.
5. And after nearly six long, tortuous months of waiting, it’s finally time to find out who we have to say goodbye to.
7. Find out when Season 7 premieres this Sunday, October 23 at 9 p.m. ET on AMC.
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