In memoriam: 50 TV characters who died in 2012

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"Downton Abbey": William Mason (Thomas Howes)

Died: Jan. 29, 2012
Cause of Death: Internal injuries sustained in World War I when he tried to protect Matthew Crowley from an attack, thus propagating the British caste system for another generation.
Dec. 23, 2012