Billy died in Ally McBeal, so what season did he die?
We knew his character had a brain tumor.The character was going to leave the show by kicking the bucket.Did we know he was going to die last night?
Billy Alan Thomas, who in Monday's episode gave new meaning to the term "closing argument," passed away from a cerebral hemorrhage unrelated to that brain-tumor thing.
One fan on the alt.tv.ally-mcbeal newsgroup wrote that they couldn't believe it.I was completely unprepared for it.
The consensus among Netizens is, yes, there were leaks all over the Net, fueled by media, and specifically tabloid, reports that nailed the Billy-dying-in-court scene.Rosie O'Donnell spilled the beans on her show.
The timing of Billy's death, as opposed to the usual last-episode-of-the-season-in-May routine, seems to have been the most significant.