WARNING: SPOILERS
The makers of long-running sitcom Modern Family have, for months now, been teasing that a "significant character" would be killed off during the show's 10th season.
All was revealed today as the episode aired in the United States — but after all that hype, the big reveal has left many fans disappointed, news.com.au reports.
And a warning: spoilers ahead.
The departing character is Delia 'DeDe' Pritchett, Jay Pritchett's ex-wife, the mother of Claire Dunphy and Mitchell Pritchett and the grandmother of Haley, Alex, Luke and Lily.