News broke in November 2022 that Oscar winner, who played John Dutton, left the show after the first half if its fifth and final season.

John Dutton's death on 'Yellowstone' has some fans furious, and others wondering why the writers decided to axe the show's central character.

Costner drama, here’s a rundown of the full story, or at least everything we know about where things stand with the Dutton family’s patriarch. Yellowstone is famously written by one lone man named Taylor Sheridan who will not accept help.