Warning: This post has spoilers for Bridgerton season 4, part 2. Bridgerton fans were wrecked in season 4 by a major character death. John Stirling, the husband of Bridgerton sister Francesca, died in the back half of the season. "John doesn't know he's gonna die. I know he is, but he doesn't know," actor Victor Alli told Cosmopolitan of his character's onscreen demise. "To do anything differently would make it sort of seem like, 'This is really strange. Why is he acting so different?' So I tried to keep it as normal as possible and not try to embellish.