Katherine Heigl’s Dr. Izzie Stevens is to be killed off Grey’s Anatomy. The writers have diagnosed Dr. Izzie with skin cancer that’s spread to her brain, with a five percent survival rate. Rumors have circulated for months that Katherine Heigl was either going to get fired or she wanted to leave. Well, it looks like Katherine‘s wishes have come to fruition—she will soon be out of a full time gig!

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On last night’s episode Dr. Izzie has a group of inters diagnose”Patient X” and the chilling results culminated with one intern saying Patient X was “toast.” One group of people who won’t be weeping any tears over Katherine‘s dismissal is the producer and group of writers. As reported by UsWeekly:

“[Producer] Shonda [Rhimes] and the writers are pissed at her,” the source told Us then, adding that producers were considering giving her a brain tumor. “It’s their way of screwing with her. She won’t know whether she’s going to live or die.”

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