Mrs. Blake (TV Series)

"I was informed of an accident..."

- The Governor talking to Rick about learning of his wife's death.

Mrs. Blake is the wife of The Governor in The Walking Dead. She is first seen in a photo in the Season 3 episode "Walk With Me" and mentioned in "Arrow on the Doorpost".

Pre-Apocalypse
Nothing is known about Mrs. Blake's life besides the fact that at some point she married Philip and had a daughter named Penny. It is mentioned by Philip that she died in a car crash around 18 months before the apocalypse.

"Walk With Me"
The Governor looks over Woodbury from his apartment window as he sips from a glass of whiskey. He walks past Rowan, who is lying naked in his bed, and gazes at a framed photo of his wife and daughter before entering an adjoining, private room.

"Arrow on the Doorpost"
The Governor explains that he'll look weak if he leaves Rick's group alone. "That's your problem," Rick says. The Governor then shares a story about the day his wife was killed in a car crash. She had left a message asking him to call her back. "I sat there clutching that phone thinking, what did she want?" The Governor says, smirking as Rick becomes visibly rattled.

Killed By

 * Car Accident

One day while out driving, Mrs. Blake got into a car accident and was fatally injured. She died which devastated Philip and Penny. Since she died eighteen months before the outbreak, her body never had the chance to reanimate.