Arkansas newspaper runs obit for 'Walking Dead' character

Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) selects a victim in the Season 6 finale of The Walking Dead. Among those on their knees awaiting their fate are (from left) Michonne (Danai Gurira), Abraham (Michael Cudlitz), Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green).
Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) selects a victim in the Season 6 finale of The Walking Dead. Among those on their knees awaiting their fate are (from left) Michonne (Danai Gurira), Abraham (Michael Cudlitz), Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green).

BATESVILLE — Many viewers of AMC's The Walking Dead took the shocking deaths of two fan favorites in the latest season premiere as personally as a death in the family. One Arkansas newspaper took it a step further.

This week, the Batesville Guard newspaper published an obituary for — spoiler alert— the popular character of Glenn Rhee, who was brutally killed in the newest episode of the zombie apocalypse drama.

With a headline of "RIP, Glenn," the obituary says the character's "commitment to moral principles in a world-gone-mad breathed hope and promise into those around him." The obit seeks justice for Rhee's death in lieu of flowers.

The newspaper said the obituary was written by Frank Vaughn, a soldier currently stationed in Puerto Rico who writes occasional columns for the paper.

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