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Here Is Some Terrible News About the Third Bridget Jones Book

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Not only does this involve major spoilers, but it is also deeply upsetting, so please, take a moment. Sit down. Prepare yourselves. Are you ready?

Oh God: Mark Darcy is dead. According to an excerpt in the Sunday Times, Mad About the Boy, the third Bridget Jones book, opens with the news that Bridget’s husband — and the father of her two children — died in a car accident five years ago. Why does England keep doing that to dreamboats? [Post unfinished owing to severe emotional distress.]

Here Are Some Terrible Bridget Jones Spoilers