While helping siddiq get to the safety of alexandria, carl suffers a walker bite to his torso. As revealed near the end of the walking dead season 8's midseason finale, carl grimes has been bitten by a walker, and it didn't take long for showrunner scott gimple to confirm on talking dead that carl will die from his wound. The walking dead's newest cast addition makes it clear why they thought it was okay to kill off carl grimes a year ago, despite it being a wild departure from the comics. Carl grimes had a long run on the walking dead, but like so many characters, it eventually came to an end Here's why chandler riggs ultimately left the show. Different deaths on the walking dead hit fans in different ways, but the season 8 death of chandler riggs' carl packed a massive emotional punch.
Carl survived through the entire series of the walking dead comics, but on the show, the character was killed off, leaving fans stunned and saddened.
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