The last major death came in Season 11 when the wife of Ned Flanders, Maude (The Simpson's neighbour), lost her life at a racetrack by falling off the grandstand. Maude Flanders died in the episode called, 'Alone Again, Natura-Diddliy, reported Variety.
"We are actually working on a script where a character will pass away. I will give a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character, but I won't say who it is," Jean said of the upcoming 25th season of the show.
Jean also hinted that the next season will see a Simpsons/Futurama cartoon crossover.
"I have been here 25 years, and we had a read yesterday where the excitement was as high as I've ever seen. We had John DiMaggio and Billy West and (Canadian voice-over king) Maurice LaMarche from Futurama, as well as our cast, and I thought that's got to be the greatest voiceover talent assembled at one read.
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