“Family Guy” killed off an iconic character.

Peter Griffin’s (voiced by series creator Seth MacFarlane) longtime rival Ernie the Giant Chicken (voiced by Danny Smith) was brutally murdered during the season 23 episode “The Chicken or the Meg.”

It all began when Peter’s daughter, Meg (Mila Kunis), started dating Ernie’s son, Nugget. Ernie told Meg that if she wanted to be welcomed into his family home, she had to turn against her father. Naturally, Meg responded by decapitating Ernie and throwing his severed head on the family’s front lawn.

Although Ernie’s death episode aired in March, it wasn’t until this week that “Family Guy” executive producer Alec Sulkin confirmed that the chicken is gone for good. The adult cartoon has brought characters back from the dead before, but it seems tha

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