Title card of The Walking Dead season 6 (Source: Sceengrab from the trailer)

The 6th season of The Walking Dead has seen multiple deaths of both main cast and supporting cast members. Having a total of 16 episodes, the season’s story carries on from the time Rick and his group entered Alexandria. While Rick and his group struggle to get acquainted with their new life in the fortified area, a new group of survivors going by the name of the Wolves attacks them in order to gain control of the area.

We see a set of fights occurring between Rick’s group and the Wolves where the latter suffer huge damages. By the end of the season, we are introduced to a new antagonist by the name of Negan who controls the Wolves. The sixth season brings in a huge turning point on both the antagonist and protagonist’s sides.

Disclaimer: This article signifies all the known deaths during the sixth season of The Walking Dead and may contain spoilers for some. Readers are advised to read at their discretion.

Deaths in the sixth season of The Walking Dead

The following table records all the known deaths that have taken place during the 6th season of The Walking Dead along with the cause of death.

No.
Character Name
Cause of death

1
Carter
Bitten by the Walkers and later stabbed in the head before reanimating

2
Enid’s Father and mother
Killed by the Walkers

3
Shelly Neudermeyer
Killed by a member of the Wolves

4
Richards
Killed by a member of the Wolves

5
Park
Killed by a member of the Wolves

6
Dan
Killed by a member of the Wolves

7
Adrian
Killed by a member of the Wolves

8
O’Hara
Killed by a member of the Wolves

9
Aphid
Stabbed in the head by Carol

10
Erin
Wounded by Aphid and later killed by Carol out of mercy

11
Natalie Miller
Burned alive by a wolf

12
Dinesh
Killed by a member of the Wolves

13
Charlyne
Killed by a member of the Wolves

14
Bobby
Killed by a member of the Wolves

15
Samantha
Killed by a member of the Wolves

16
Holly
Stabbed by a wolf and later put down as an act of mercy by Denise Cloyd

17

Michael
Killed by a member of the Wolves

18
Stacy
Killed by a member of the Wolves

19
Barnes
Bitten by the Walkers and later killed by Michonne out of mercy

20
Sturgess
Killed by Walkers

21
Tommy
Killed by Walkers

22
Annie
Killed by Walkers

23
David
Killed by Walkers

24
Nicholas
Suicide by shooting himself in the head

25
Edward
Shot dead by Rick Grimes

26
Tabitha
Killed by Walkers

27
Eastman
Killed by Walkers

28
Betsy
Committed suicide by slitting her arms

29
Deanna Monroe
Killed by Walkers

30
Timmy
Killed during a fight with Daryl Dixon

31
Bud
Killed during a fight with Daryl Dixon

32
Sam Anderson
Eaten up by Walkers

33
Jessie Anderson
Eaten up by Walkers

34
Ron Anderson
Stabbed in the back by Michonne

35
Owen
Eaten up by Walkers

36
Ethan
Killed by Rick Grimes

37
Gabe
Stabbed in the back by Michonne

38
Donnie
Shot and bled to death

39
Molly
Bitten and later bashed to death by Maggie

40
Michelle
Shot in the head by Carol

41
Paula
Eaten up by Walkers

42
Primo
Killed by Rick Grimes

43
Denise Cloyd
Accidentally killed by Dwight by shooting through her eyes

44
Miles
Stabbed through the chest by Carol

45
Jiro
Stabbed by Carol and later shot by Rick before reanimating

46
Roman
Killed by getting shot 6 times by Carol

Apart from these mentioned deaths, there are many unknown characters, side characters, and unnamed wolf members who had met their end in this season. There is no specific number revealed about the total number of unknown character deaths that have taken place in this season.

Who died in the last episode of The Walking Dead season 6?

The sixteenth episode of The Walking Dead season 6 is titled “The Last Day on Earth”. This episode is the introduction episode to one of the biggest antagonists in the series, Negan, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan who is shown as the leader of the saviors aka the Wolves. While the are no deaths shown in the earlier part of the episode, Rick and his group are ambushed by Negan who has all of them on their knees.

Negan explains his issues regarding the deaths of many of his men at the hands of Rick and his group, leading him to punish them for the same. While stating so, he shows Rick his wire-laced baseball bat which he calls “Lucille” and starts playing a menacing counting game to pick his victim to punish. He picks the game of “eeny, meeny, miny, moe”, placing the bat on them one by one as he recites the song. The final shot displays a POV of the person who is selected at the end of the phrase and is seen getting bashed by the bat, while we hear people screaming and the vision of the person fading away, ending on a cliffhanger.

While it wasn’t revealed in season 6, in season 7’s first episode, we get to see that both Abraham Ford and Glenn Rhee from Rick’s group were killed in a gruesome manner by Negan. It was Abraham who was struck first by Negan at the end of season six.