Why The Conners Chose to Shine a Light on the Opioid Crisis by Having Roseanne Fatally Overdose  PEOPLE.com'The Conners' reveals how the show kills off Roseanne and fired Roseanne Barr responds  USA TODAYRoseanne's character overdosed on opioids and left 'The Conners' behind. It's better this way.  Washington Post'The Conners' is the Roseanne-less 'Roseanne' reboot ABC should have made last year  NBCNews.comFull coverage