It’s a fact of life on The Walking Dead: Major characters get killed. But when Chad L. Coleman’s costars learned last fall that his quiet hero Tyreese would die, they took the news hard. “Danai Gurira was like, ‘That’s bulls--t, man!’” says the Richmond, Virginia, native, 48. But not even Gurira’s mighty Michonne could save Tyreese, who was chomped by a zombie on the February 8 episode of the AMC thriller (Sundays, 9 p.m.). A cast member since 2012, the single dad of SaCha, 15, and Caleb, 19 months, gives Us his exit interview.
Q:When did you know Tyreese would die? Three episodes prior to filming it, Scott
M. Gimple, the showrunner, said, “The time has come for Tyreese to go.” I said, “You’re joking.” Then I looked at him,…
