The main cause of death on the show is murder, often gruesome and violent murder. And no one is safe, not even the youngest children. But apparently one of those murders did not go exactly as planned. Nell Tiger Free - who played Myrcella Baratheon in season five - recently gave an interview to MCM London where she explained that originally Joffrey Baratheon dies from the effects of the strangler. " Dissolved in wine, it makes the muscles of a man's throat clench tighter than any fist. The victim's face turns purple as the little crystal seed from which his death was grown, and so they call it the strangler. When Game of Thrones first started, she had three: Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen. All were passed off as the legitimate offspring of her husband, King Robert Baratheon, but in fact they were Episode: 6 Cause of death: In one of the more upsetting deaths of the series, Ros was tied to a bed and shot multiple times with a crossbow by Joffrey. Extremely effed, so here’s this instead: Death: Season 4, Episode 2 – “The Lion and the Rose” This was the death every “Thrones” fan had been dreaming of. Joffrey finally kicked it early in Season 4 — at his own wedding, no Plus, there's an exclusive interview with author George R.R. Martin himself on why he killed Joffrey and the historical inspiration for the way he died. Links to all those posts are at on the last Jon Arryn, the first Hand of the King to Robert Baratheon, died under mysterious circumstances after serving for 17 years. It was later revealed that his death was an assassination planned by But they have now begun pointing out some plot holes from said episodes, one of which has frustrated some viewers quite a lot. Game of Thrones fans will remember Joffrey Baratheon (played by Jack wO5Ho.