Ed Sheeran grateful that his Game of Thrones character lived Updated / Monday, 22 Apr 2019 16:24 Ed Sheeran was not killed off on Game of Thrones Ed Sheeran has thanked Game of Thrones screenwriters for not killing him off when he made a brief appearance on the show. Pic: Courtesy of Ed Sheeran's Instagram stories He wrote on his Instagram Stories: ‘Thanks @GameOfThrones, I knew I was a survivor x’.