Larry goes to Heaven in The Simpsons.
The Big Picture Pour one out for Larry "The Barfly" Dalrymple. It's not often that The Simpsons permanently kills off a longtime character unless there's greater motivation behind that change, like with the death of voice actress Marcia Wallace bringing about the end of fourth-grade teacher Edna Krabappel or a salary dispute with Maggie Roswell leading to the tragic fate of Ned Flanders' first wife, Maude Flanders.
Long says the episode definitely got the reaction the team hoped from viewers. He apologized for the tragic death but was heartened to see how much fans still care about the residents of Springfield even years after the show's golden age has ended. Part of the reason the decision worked was because of that aforementioned lack of deaths, making a status quo shift of any kind feel impactful in a world with characters that have seemingly been frozen in time.
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