Dale Horvath

Dale Horvath is a protagonist of the first 2 seasons of The Moomins vs. the Walking Dead.

Personality
Dale's age and calmness provide the nucleus around which the survivor community has formed. He's the elder of the group and is sometimes profound, but other times, he is feisty and always willing to speak his mind and call others out for mistakes in judgment. He tries to be the "moral compass" of the group.

Backstory
Dale was married to a woman named Irma for years. Early in their marriage, they had attempted to have a baby, but it ultimately miscarried, which led them to not try again. At some point later, she had developed cancer. Despite Dale bringing her to several doctors, she had already accepted the disease and her eventual death, much to his dismay. Once he retired from his job, he planned to take his wife traveling with him across the country in a new RV he bought, but she died before that could happen.

Her death brought him into a great depression and he found himself not caring about anyone around him. He decided to take his RV and do the trip alone. When the outbreak began, he first encountered Andrea and Amy in distress, and the three of them soon joined up with Shane's group and settled in a quarry on the outskirts of Atlanta. He cared increasingly for Andrea and Amy during their stay at the campsite, and used his RV as a type of "command post" for the group.

Death
One night, in the episode "Judge, Jury, Executioner", Dale is patrolling round the farm when he is attacked by a walker that Carl saw earlier in the day, but failed to tell anyone about. Dale is disemboweled by the walker and is in great pain when the others come to his aid. Hershel tells them that Dale can't be saved. Since Rick is unable to euthanize Dale, Daryl does it for him.

Trivia

 * Dale is played by Jeffrey DeMunn.