Sasha Williams dies in the Season 7 finale of The Walking Dead in a heroic and self-sacrificial manner. After a failed assassination attempt on Negan, she is captured and imprisoned by the Saviors. Negan gives her a choice: kill herself or kill a reanimated Savior to prove her loyalty. Instead of joining Negan, Sasha takes a suicide pill while enclosed in a coffin. When Negan opens it, she emerges as a walker and attacks him, killing one of his men before being subdued. Later, Jesus and Maggie find her zombified body, and Maggie puts her down with a knife
. This death was designed to be a powerful and poetic end to Sasha's story, emphasizing her warrior spirit and selflessness. Showrunner Scott M. Gimple explained that Sasha became "the knife" since she did not get the weapon she wanted from Eugene, and actress Sonequa Martin-Green felt the ending was fitting and complete for her character
. In summary, Sasha dies by suicide using poison, then reanimates as a walker to attack Negan’s forces, and is ultimately killed by Maggie to prevent further harm
