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“The Walking Dead” will end after the upcoming Season 11 on AMC, with the network also ordering a spinoff series built around the characters Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier, Variety has learned. Season 11 of AMC’s flagship show, which was originally meant to air this year but was delayed due to the pandemic, will air over two years and consist of 24 episodes in total beginning in late 2021. It was previously announced six additional episodes that will be considered part of Season 10 will be shot and aired in early 2021, meaning 30 additional episodes of “The Walking Dead”...

Daryl Dragon, the hat-wearing musician familiar to 1970s music fans as half of the bestselling duo the Captain & Tennille, died Tuesday in Prescott, Arizona at age 76. Dragon’s ex-wife, Toni Tennille, “was with him as he took his last breath,” said Harlon Boll, a spokesperson for the singer. In a statement, Tennille said, “He was a brilliant musician with many friends who loved him greatly. I was at my most creative in my life when I was with him.” Dragon died of renal failure, according to Boll.

Three people have died after an attack involving a crossbow in Toronto’s east end. The incident happened near Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East in Scarborough Thursday afternoon. Toronto paramedics said two males and one female were pronounced dead at the scene. One male was transported to hospital with minor injuries. Police say the man who placed the call to 911 is one of the deceased. A man has been taken into custody, police said, and there doesn’t appear to be any suspects outstanding. Police say a crossbow was found nearby, and there were other items found in the area...

The Walking Dead is down a Dixon brother. During Sunday's penultimate episode of season three, Merle Dixon took it upon himself to deliver Michonne to the Governor ....... How will Merle's death change Daryl? : Norman Reedus: He's going to become quiet and it's going to harden him. He grew up a lot in that moment and he's truly on his own. He has the group, which has become his new family, but as far as reconnecting with his brother when they got back together, he had it in his mind that it could be a new beginning. Merle could...

"The show's most noteworthy element is Daryl, the redneck rebel played by Norman Reedus. He's a southern boy to the core, ..... The "redneck" label is why Reedus' character is so subversive. Hollywood routinely diminishes southern characters, mocking their faith, their manners (or lack thereof) and other regional attributes. .... The character remains loyal to his brother, Merle (Michael Rooker), an unabashed racist who remains a threat to our heroes despite turning against the show's human villains early in the current season..... Daryl is hardly a hormone-driven hunk. He's not much for romance despite the gentle advances from fellow survivor...