The Walking Deadviewers are still in mourning over the loss of the human quote machine known as Sgt.

And Cudlitz was a favorite of those who make the show as well.

ROBERT KIRKMAN ON MICHAEL CUDLITZ

Cudlitz is great.

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One of the greatest things about Cudlitz was that there was this odd vulnerability about Abraham that came through.

GREG NICOTERO ON MICHAEL CUDLITZ

Michael is a filmmaker.

Hes one of those people thats a filmmaker and an actor and was always tremendously inquisitive on set.

And Michael has impeccable instincts that are usually dead-on.

The writers gave him a lot of great st to say, but he pulled it off.

I remember being behind the camera when he yelled, Whos Deanna?

and I kept giggling because it sounded like there was a drunk guy in the crowd who was bellowing.

He brought a larger-than-life feel to Abraham, which made him feel like the protector.

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