Despite the fact that the quality of the show has gone way downhill in recent years, the minds behind The Simpsons made waves a decade ago when they took a bold step and killed off Ned Flander’s wife Maude. According to Sun News, the show is going back to that specific well as executive producer Al Jean has confirmed that the show will be killing off a major character this season.

Per Sun News:

Executive producer Al Jean admitted as much in a recent phone conference with the press, promoting Sunday’s 25th season debut of The Simpsons. “I’ll give you a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character, but I won’t say who it is,” Jean said cagily.

This is causing waves of speculation among Simpsons fans as just about every single character on the show has won an Emmy, meaning everyone is in danger of being killed off. Maude Flanders was a very established character when she was killed off back in Season 11, so don’t think that series creator Matt Groening won’t green light the death of a character like Barney, Lenny or even Mr. Burns.

Who do you think The Simpsons will or should kill off this upcoming season? Sound off in the comments section below and let us know which character is on our chopping block.