'Walking Dead' finale spoilers: A major character death confirmed

It looks like Woodbury and Team Prison are going to war this week, providing speculation all over the internet on who will die before this season of "The Walking Dead" ends. But one character is definitely confirmed to die, according to reports Sunday by Every Night Is Halloween. Seems photos of him as a walker have surfaced, leaving no doubt as to at least one casualty.

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Photos of Merle as a zombie have surfaced online, so his fate is pretty clear, except whether someone puts him down like a dog or not. Many are debating whether brother Daryl will take him out, and it certainly would make an emotional moment for the series. The writers certainly have no qualms about forcing hard choices on their characters: Andrea took out her sister when she turned, and little Carl put a bullet in his own mother's brain, albeit it off camera.

Call me crazy, but it doesn't exactly take a genius to figure out the writers will go there. Do you agree? Who else do you think will and won't survive this season?