‘Desperate Housewives’ death toll

RIP: Dr. Samuel Heller (Stephen Spinella)

Cause of death: After discovering grieving widower Dave Williams secret, the good doctor tries to convince Dave to leave Wisteria Lane. Dave instead chokes Heller to death and sets him on fire.

Will be remembered for: Never being around when Mrs. McClusky needed him most. (Damon Winter / Los Angeles Times)

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RIP: George Williams (Roger Bart)

Cause of death: He died of a sleeping pill overdose, but he was counting on Bree to save his life. Too bad for him she had just learned that Williams was responsible for her husbands death, and although she told him she called the ambulance, she didnt and instead watched him die in a hotel room.

Will be remembered for: Rigidness, obsessiveness and the foolhardy belief that his gun toting lady-love would save his life. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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‘Desperate Housewives’ death toll

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