The Simpsons Confirms Alice Glick’s Exit Is Permanent in Season 37

Overview

• The longtime First Church organist is written out in the Nov. 16 Season 37 episode after more than three decades on the series.
• Executive producer Tim Long confirmed the departure is final, saying the character will not return.
• The role was first voiced by Cloris Leachman and later by Tress MacNeille.
• Producers have reiterated that imagined‑future stories are not canon, with Matt Selman rejecting rumors about Marge’s fate.
• The series has rarely treated deaths as permanent, with past examples including Bleeding Gums Murphy, Frank Grimes, Maude Flanders, and Edna Krabappel.