This placesDereks death happening on Thursday, March 26, 2015, inGreys Anatomyseason 11, episode 21.

Similarly, Merediths career could have never truly taken off with Derek still alive.

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Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd on Grey’s Anatomy

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