One Chicago: This season's One Chicago character departures, ranked

This season’s One Chicago character departures, ranked

CHICAGO FRANCHISE -- Season: 2015 -- Pictured: (l-r) "Chicago P.D." top row; Marina Squerciati as Officer Kim Burgess, Brian Geraghty as Officer Sean Roman, Jesse Lee Soffer as Detective Jay Halstead, LaRoyce Hawkins as Detective Kevin Atwater, Elias Koteas as Detective Alvin Olinsky, Amy Morton as Desk Sgt. Trudy Platt, Patrick John Flueger as Officer Adam Ruzek bottom row; Jon Seda as Detective Antonio Dawson, Jason Beghe as Sergeant Hank Voight, Sophia Bush as Detective Erin Lindsay; "Chicago Fire", Yuri Sardarov as Brian ?"Otis"? Zvonecek, Jesse Spencer as Matthew Casey, Taylor Kinney as Kelly Severide, Eamonn Walker as Chief Wallace Boden, Dora Madison Burge as Jessica ?Chill? Clinton, Monica Raymund as Gabriela Dawson, Kara Killmer as Sylvie Brett, Joe Minoso as Joe Cruz, Christian Stolte as Randy ?Mouch? McHolland, David Eigenberg as Christopher Herrmann; "Chicago Med" top row: S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead, Brian Tee as Ethan, Torrey DeVitto as Dr. Lily Manning, Oliver Platt as Dr. Daniel Charles, Colin Donnell as Connor Bradhaw; seated: Yaya DaCosta as Nurse April Sexton, Rachel DiPillo as Dr. Sarah Reese (Photo by: Mark Seliger/NBC) /

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CHICAGO FIRE — “TV Guide Cover Party” — Pictured: (l-r) DuShon Brown, Yuri Sardarov — (Photo by: Elizabeth Morris/NBC) /

1. Connie on Chicago Fire

Without a doubt, the saddest character exit of the One Chicago season is that of Connie, Chief Boden’s loyal assistant on Chicago Fire. And that’s because it comes from a real-life tragedy: the death of actress DuShon Monique Brown, who passed away unexpectedly a few months ago.

Connie was one of the great Chicago Fire characters, stealing whole scenes with just a look or a line, and helping to hold all of Firehouse 51 together. Her meeting the fired Hope Jacquinot (Eloise Mumford) with Hope’s desk in a box was one of the best moments in the sixth season. It was a short scene, but that’s all the character needed to be memorable.

Remember when she played the ring girl during the Battle of the Badges? Watch that again in the video below for just one of many, many great Connie moments:

But the loss of DuShon Monique Brown is something One Chicago is going to feel forever. She was an amazing woman both on and off screen, so full of life and with so much love for everyone who ever met her. She represented everything that the One Chicago franchise is and ought to be. There isn’t a day that’s going to go by in the seventh season, and beyond that, where her presence won’t be felt.

It seems like Chicago Fire is planning on replacing her, as the show has hired an actress to play an office worker in season 7. We won’t know for sure if that character is filling in for Connie until we see the new season. But no one can ever truly come close to Connie, and no one can ever truly be anything like DuShon.

That’s why Connie tops our list, because while losing her character was and will be hard, the saddest thing about this season was losing a talented actress and beloved friend.

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