Originally appeared on E! Online
Warning: This story contains spoilers from the film season 37 of The Simpsons.
One character has officially said goodbye to television’s warm glowing warming glow.
“The Simpsons” killed off one of their longest running characters on episode seven of the show’s 37th season as Springfield’s First Church organist Alice Glick keeled over onto her organ and died suddenly in the middle of a sermon by Reverend Lovejoy.
Her death served as the fulcrum for the rest of the episode — titled “Sashes to Sashes” — which saw Alice leave her estate to Springfield Elementary to fund the school’s new music program. However her efforts from beyond the grave were nearly thwarted when Mayor Quimby’s son suggested using the money for a three-day musical festival.
The suggestion did not sit well with Lisa Simpson, who dug deep to uncover Quimby family secrets as she encouraged her brother Bart Simpson to run against the younger Quimby for student council president. Luckily, Mrs. Glick’s wishes for a program were ultimately saved in the end.
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Surprisingly, this was Alice Glick’s second death on “The Simpsons” as the character was seemingly killed by a rogue robot seal during season 23 of the long-running cartoon, appearing afterwards as both alive and a ghost depending on the needs of the episode.
This time however, executive producer Tim Long confirmed that Mrs. Glick has said goodbye for good.
“In a sense, Alice the organist will live forever, through the beautiful music she made,” he told People in a Nov. 18 statement. “But in another, more important sense, yep she’s dead as a doornail.”
The character first made her debut back in the season two episode “Three Men and a Comic Book,” where she was originally voiced by Cloris Leachman. However in subsequent appearances, her voice was provided by Tress MacNeille.
And fans were sad to see her go.
“Alice Glick died once again in Season 37, Episode 7,” one user wrote on X. “Nooo.”
Another made reference to the recent death of barfly Larry “The Lush” Dalrymple in season 35, writing, “1st Larry, now Alice Glick. The Simpsons are killing off everyone….”
But being on the air for over 35 years means “The Simpsons” is always trying to keep things fresh.
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