When Edith died on "Archie Bunker’s Place"
When the second season of this “All in the Family” continuation began, viewers learned Edith Bunker had died off-screen of a stroke. In an iconic scene, Archie sits on their bed, holding Edith’s left-behind slipper. For all his irascibility, Archie’s great love and affection for his wife was always true, and consummate actor Carol O’Connor sells his character’s bone-deep anguish as he breaks down in tears: “It wasn’t supposed to be like this, you know. I was supposed to be the first one to go. I know I always used to kid you about you going first, but you know I never meant none of that. And then that morning, when you was laying there. I was shaking you, yellin’ at you to go down and fix my breakfast. I didn’t know. You had no right to leave me that way, Edith. Without giving me just one more chance to say I love you…”