In 2024 she died after being sick.
Yeah, I don’t think that a sitcom has had a more polarizing event since MASH killed off Henry Blake. Of course that happened mid-run and MASH went on to have one of the best finales ever.
The sad thing about HIMYM is that the finale had so many great individual moments, but then botched (IMHO, i know the segment of the audience who were rooting for Ted to end up with Robyn loved it) the actual ending.