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‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8: Who Died on Episode 5?
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 5 threw viewers for a loop with the deaths of multiple — including some major — characters when Daenerys Targaryen and her Unsullied forces finally stormed King's Landing to try and dethrone Cersei Lannister for and for all.
***SPOILERS AHEAD***
King's Landing and most of its citizens were decimated by raging fires after Dany (riding Drogon) and her troops attacked the city during the season's penultimate episode tonight, resulting in the deaths of a number of main characters.
Here's everyone who died on Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5 on Sunday (May 12).
Lord Varys -- death by dragon fire (sentenced to death by Daenerys)
Euron Greyjoy -- stabbed by Jaime Lannister
Qyburn (Cersei's Hand of the Queen) -- skull crushed by The Mountain after being thrown against a wall
The Hound (Sandor Clegane) and The Mountain (Gregor Clegane) -- killed when Sandor threw himself and Gregor off a burning tower
Cersei Lannister and Jamie Lannister -- killed by falling rubble during an embrace under a crumbling Red Keep
The series finale of Game of Thrones airs Sunday, May 19.
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