Best of 2016: Top 10 TV Character Deaths6 of 10
5. Poussey Washington "Orange Is the New Black"
Date of Death: June 17, 2016 (airdate)
Obituary: Poussey Washington (Samira Wiley), library assistant, friend, daughter, and inmate, died of asphyxiation during a protest. Poussey was attempting to help her friend, Suzanne (Uzo Aduba), who was having a panic attack during a protest in the cafeteria. A guard threw her to the ground and placed his knee on her neck until she died. Her best friend, Taystee (Danielle Brooks), ran to her side, but it was too late to save her. The circumstances of Poussey's death were covered up by the prison administration. Poussey's friends at Litchfield rioted in an attempt to remedy the injustice.
Date of Death: June 17, 2016 (airdate)
Obituary: Poussey Washington (Samira Wiley), library assistant, friend, daughter, and inmate, died of asphyxiation during a protest. Poussey was attempting to help her friend, Suzanne (Uzo Aduba), who was having a panic attack during a protest in the cafeteria. A guard threw her to the ground and placed his knee on her neck until she died. Her best friend, Taystee (Danielle Brooks), ran to her side, but it was too late to save her. The circumstances of Poussey's death were covered up by the prison administration. Poussey's friends at Litchfield rioted in an attempt to remedy the injustice.