Nobody was surprised when "The Sopranos," a show on HBO about the Mafia, quickly began racking up a body count. The part that perhaps was a little shocking, however, was the series' willingness to kill off just about any character no matter their importance. In the days before "Game of Thrones" and "The Walking Dead," this type of "any character can die at any time" approach still felt novel for a television show — and "The Sopranos" reveled in the unease that its audience felt in knowing even their favorite character could be killed off before the next episode.

Very few characters on "The Sopranos" are classifiable as truly good people. Almost all of them are criminals, and willingly so. Even so, there are times when a character died on the show, and it still felt tragic and sad. Not eve

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