5 January 2000 | by SpideyTerry (Ardmore, PA) â See all my reviews. Family Matters was the perfect show for the family. It wasn't sappy or annoying like most of the other family shows on tv. Carl and Steve Urkel were the best characters and the funniest.
0. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) died in episode 21 of Grey's Anatomy.. ABC. SEATTLE -- Dr. Derek Christopher McDreamy Shepherd died on April 23, 2015, at the age of 49. The Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital surgeon, who specialized in neurosurgery, not only lived his life as a hero but also died as one.
Patrick Dempsey 's Grey's Anatomy character survived a shooting, a plane crash, and countless natural disasters -- not to mention the loss of several friends and colleagues -- but the last of his nine lives ran out on Thursday, April 23. PHOTOS: Hot TV doctors. As detailed in Us Weekly 's recap of the episode, Derek Shepherd was headed to the airport -- after saving four lives, natch -- when a truck slammed into his vehicle, sending him to a nearby hospital with serious head and chest injuries.