Logan Roy (Brian Cox) dies in ‘Succession’ Season 4 Episode 3 «Connor’s Wedding.» Here’s how the HBO show killed Logan off.
**Major Spoilers for Succession Season 4 Episode 3 “Connor’s Wedding” Ahead**
Ever since Succession first premiered on HBO way back in 2018, we’ve known that the question driving the show is which Roy scion will take over Waystar RoyCo when their father Logan Roy (Brian Cox) eventually kicks the bucket. Logan Roy’s death has always been inevitable. Succession Season 4 Episode 3 “Connor’s Wedding” finally kills the imposing patriarch off in a brilliantly shocking way.
About a third of the way through an episode that’s theoretically about Connor Roy (Alan Ruck) wedding his one-time escort Willa (Justine Lupe), Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) get the call that Logan collapsed on his private plane and it’s not looking good. Against the backdrop of Connor’s ridiculous party, Kendall, Roman, and their sister Shiv (Sarah Snook) say their last goodbyes over iPhone to their unconscious father in the sky.
Did Succession really just do that? Did Logan Roy die suddenly in the middle of the third episode of the show’s final season? Yes, Succession did that and gave Logan Roy a death that came out of nowhere — the way death so often can in the real world.
So how did Logan Roy die? What comes next for Succession? And did Connor and Willa get married after all?
Yes, Logan is dead. Roman might have been in the throes of denial — hoping that maybe a doctor could revive his father on the ground — but Logan Roy is officially dead. He died on a private plane bound for Europe, where he planned to ease Matsson’s (Alexander Skarsgard) nerves about the upcoming GoJo deal.
Since we don’t see what exactly happened, we have to piece together what went down. It sounds like Logan had a heart attack in the plane’s bathroom.
