Negan’s victim revealed in ‘Walking Dead’ premiere

By Erin Anderson

Posted Oct 24, 2016 09:01:36 AM.

Last Updated Oct 24, 2016 01:39:56 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Fans of ‘The Walking Dead’ are reeling as the victim of bat-wielding bad guy Negan was revealed in the seventh season’s premiere on Sunday evening.

**SPOILERS BELOW**

The sixth season wrapped up with the show’s newest villain Negan, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, using a game of “eeny meeny miny moe” to determine his victim.

The episode closed with Negan swinging his barbed-wire laced bat and fatally striking one of the team’s members– whose identity was kept a secret until now.

Sunday night’s premiere revealed the victim to be regular character Abraham Ford, played by Michael Cudlitz.

That wasn’t the only death that Walking Dead fans had to deal with though as Negan later took his bat to the head of Steven Yeun’s character– Glenn Rhee.

The killing of two fan favourites on one of TV’s most popular shows predictably became a trending topic on Twitter.

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