Fans of The Walking Dead have known for months that one of the show?s beloved characters isn?t making it into Season 7. The Walking Dead Season 6 concluded with Negan swinging Lucille, his vicious baseball bat, down on a member of Rick Grimes? group of survivors. With The Walking Dead Season 7 premiere just around the corner, now its time to say farewell. That?s not an easy thing, according to Andrew Lincoln, the actor who plays Rick.