The Most Heartbreaking Character Exits on Grey's Anatomy, Ranked

Awkward, cheery Brooks is one of the crop of interns who are introduced midway through the show. She's the perkiest of the bunch, but that helpful instinct winds up being what dooms her. During the electrical storm at the end of season 9, she goes down to the basement and finds Richard Webber, who'd been knocked unconscious while trying to fix the electricity. She accidentally steps in a puddle of electrified water and hits her head when she falls, and her friends are unable to save her life. Much like some of the others early on this list, her death is sad, but doesn't have as big of an impact because she didn't have a big presence on the show.