Lance Barber refused

[GilangRamadhan-]

He hated leonard so much he went back in time and fathered Sheldon.

[rhettgervaisauthor]

He is also one of the few TV dad's who isn't a bumbling idiot. He had his flaws but he was a kind, tough, hard working dad that we can all look to as an example of what a father should be.

[super_slav_]

He's not dead, he's just making brisket

[ericgrant]

Him at his funeral dressed as a woman is the most Bill Ponderosa thing he couldve done

[jacquig]

It's horribly heartbreaking the way they did it, because when you aren't there for someone's last moments it leaves a certain kind of hole in your heart.

[courtneymichelle]

Honestly, killing him off in the last season and developing his character they way they did throughout the show was the best move.

[CombatFan]

This is one of the few times I'll support and fully believe that a main character dying off screen was a good idea.

[ericjohns]

I knew he was dead when he said “see y’all later.”

[xentria]

I like him just being gone not showing his death, this is how most people experience another’s persons death. The person just being gone

[thatoneguy]

You’d think Sheldon would notice Lenard’s bully looking EXACTLY like his dad

[nathanclaspell]

George was the ideal father. He provided, protected, taught, and punished accordingly.

[NfinET]

When I first saw the news of George Cooper’s death, I was gonna complain about how it wasn’t on-screen until I realized that death really can happen so sudden, just like that.

[micahdadbeh]

He also was in the very back dressed as a woman watching his own funeral

[Crissy-wsnk]

I usually do not get emotional over fictional characters, but I bawled my eyes out during the funeral episode. I will give the show credit; they made his character more likable when we found out the other woman was Sheldon's mom in role play. So he never stepped out on his marriage. Even if he did; I still don't think I could have hated his character.

[raydrexler]

They really stuck the landing. I didn’t realize it until I heard someone sobbing and looked at my wife and realized it was me.

[AlejandroGonzalez-wymv]

He killed the role and yeah his death being offscreen was great touch

[anshikas]

I continuously cried at the last 3 shows when George Sr. died.
Lance did the role justice and made us all fall in love with him despite his shortcomings and faults. He was an amazing Dad!

[lamantonyshyn]

I’m ngl his death not being on screen worked so well… like I cannot remember the last time I shed a tear for character in a show, but it being so random and me thinking I was gonna have more time to appreciate him as a character really just hit me like a truck… not only that but just thinking about how real of a death scenario that is just made me want to appreciate everyone around me.

[UnendingNothing]

In a way dying off screen was the best decision. Death can happen at random, sudden times and even when you seem perfectly fine, so it would be realistic for him to die off screen from a sudden heart attack as it was out of nowhere like a lot of heart attack deaths are

[envoy]

It was established in Big Bang Theory that he didn't die until Sheldon was at least close to going off to college, so the pilot especially wouldn't have made sense.