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"Walking Dead cast members have praised former showrunner Glen Mazzara, to coincide with season three coming to a close on AMC in the US last night (March 31). The season finale marks the official departure of Mazzara.   &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s done a fantastic job and the testament is on the screen. It&amp;#039;s been brilliant working with him. He&amp;#039;s the man who cast me and brought me into the show, I have great love and affection for him,&amp;quot; The Hollywood Reporter quotes David Morrissey as saying. Morrissey plays The Governor in the show, a role that was created by Mazzara. &amp;quot;I love Glen and I know he&amp;#039;s an amazing showrunner and will continue to be one in the future on many different realms and ways. I wish him all the best,&amp;quot; Danai Gurira (Michonne) said. While castmates said their goodbyes, Mazzara also bid farewell to the series and its fans at this year&amp;#039;s WonderCon, during the show&amp;#039;s panel presentation on Saturday (March 30).  &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s been great about The Walking Dead is, it&amp;#039;s really been the holy grail of storytelling,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;To find work that connects with people on such an emotional level isn&amp;#039;t something I take lightly.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;Hopefully I can do that again with some future show. To connect with an audience that has been so passionate has been a wonderful experience and I thank everyone for that; it&amp;#039;s meant a lot.&amp;quot;  Since announcing his decision to leave The Walking Dead behind, Mazzara has signed a new deal with Fox TV Studios. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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