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| Lucille Smith | |
| Aliases: | Lucille |
| Continuity: | The Walking Dead |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Zombie |
| Location: | Virginia |
| Relatives: | Negan Smith |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Died: | 2010 [1] |
| First: | Image+ #1 |
| Final: | "Here's Negan" |
| Actor: | Hilarie Burton Morgan |
Lucille Smith is a fictional zombie apocalypse victim and a minor though pivotal character featured in The Walking Dead multimedia franchise. She first appeared in chapter one of the "Here's Negan" serial, which was the sixth story featured in Image+ #1 in April, 2016. The story was collected in the Walking Dead: Here's Negan! graphic novel in April, 2016. A version of the character appeared on The Walking Dead television series on AMC. Played by actress Hilarie Burton Morgan, she made a single appearance in flashback in the season ten finale, "Here's Negan".
Biography[]
Lucille lived in the U.S. state of Virginia in the years leading up to the zombie apocalypse. She was married to a man named Negan Smith, who was a high school gym teacher. One evening, Negan and Lucille were having drinks at a bar when an overly loud patron was drowning out the jukebox, which was playing Lucille's favorite song. Negan tried to convince the man to lower his voice, but when the offender responded aggressively, Negan savagely beat him. Negan soon learned that the man was the father of one of the kids in his gym class, and Negan subsequently lost his job.
Sometime later, Negan began having an affair with a woman named Janine, who was Lucille's best friend. On the day that Lucille received her cancer diagnosis, Negan was spending time with Janine and was unable to pick her up from the hospital. When Negan learned of his wife's condition, he put a stop to the affair immediately. Lucille knew of the affair, but kept it to herself.
As Lucille's cancer worsened, she was admitted to the hospital. It was around this time that the the zombie apocalypse began. Negan brought her back home, but was running low on chemo supplies. He decided to go out to find more, and was gone for several weeks. Shortly after Negan left, Lucille killed herself by tying herself to her bed with a plastic bag around her head.
When Negan finally returned, he found his wife was now a zombie strapped to the bed. He pulled the plastic bag off, but was unable to finish her off directly. He set fire to the house and left. Lucille's body was presumably destroyed in the flames. [2]
The loss of his wife had an adverse affect on Negan's personality, and served as the inciting event that governed the man the man that he was destined to become.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Lucille Smith was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard.
- On the TV series, Lucille was referenced as far back as the season eight premiere episode, "Mercy".
- Lucille's surname is not said aloud in the TV series, but the name "Smith" is partially visible on a mailbox outside of her and Negan's home. The Talking Dead: Home Edition after-show, identified her full name as Lucille Smith during the memorial sequence.
- Actress Hilarie Burton is the wife of actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Jeffrey Dean Morgan played the role of Negan on AMC's The Walking Dead.
- Negan named his barb-wire wrapped baseball bat "Lucille" after his late wife, though he later expressed regret over doing so.
- Lucille's favorite song was "You Are So Beautiful" by Joe Cocker.
See also[]
The World of The Walking Dead
Images
Miscellaneous
External Links[]
Appearances[]
Comics
- Image+ 1
- Image+ 2
- Image+ 3
- Image+ 4
- Image+ 5
- Walking Dead: Here's Negan 1
Television
- Walking Dead: The Big Scary U (Referenced only)
- Walking Dead: Here's Negan (1st appearance)
References[]
- ↑ The timeline presented in the series establishes that Lucille died some twelve years prior to the events of season ten. Given the two time-jumps shown between seasons, this dates the beginning of the apocalypse sometime around 2010, which is also when the TV series began.
- ↑ Walking Dead: Here's Negan