After being extremely disappointed that Izzie Stevens won her battle with cancer on ABC Grey's Anatomy, Katherine Heigl has successfully killed the character.  Michael Ausello reports "sources confirm to me exclusively that series creator Shonda Rhimes has agreed to release the fast-rising movie star from her contract."  For some unknown reason, Heigl keeps getting cast to play the same insufferable character in numerous romantic comedies. 

Note to Katherine:  While I've never been a huge fan,  you're really not that good.  You're not even that pretty.  You're eyes are way too far apart.  Soon the new wave of "IT" girls will come in to take the roles you are now banking on.  You should have kept the stable job.  Hopefully, you can get lucky and land a good role before you are 50 like Sandra Bullock did -- but Sandra Bullock you are not.  I hear they are making a new Alien movie, so there is still hope.   

It has been long known that Heigl was allegedly fed up with ABC's top drama, complaining at every press opportunity available.  Earlier this season, Heigl missed several episodes to film a new movie and to bond with her adopted daughter.

Ausello continues, the actress was scheduled to return to the Grey’s set on March 1 to begin work on the five remaining episodes of the season. There’s just one problem: March 1 came and went and there was no Heigl.  As a result, Heigl is not expected to return to the Grey’s set, which means her final episode as Izzie has already aired.

According to Entertainment Weekly the break-up caps a long history of tumult between Heigl and Grey’s. Here’s a quick recap of some of the more high-profile squabbles:

In 2007, Heigl found herself in the middle of the TR Knight/Isaiah Washington feud when she publicly dissed Washington for repeating the F word at the Golden Globes.

In 2008, Heigl took a swipe at Grey’s writers when she announced that she wasn’t entering the Emmy race because “did not feel I was given the material… to warrant a nomination.”

Over the summer, she groused to David Letterman that Grey’s was subjecting her to intolerable working conditions. “Our first day back was Wednesday,” she said, “and it was — I’m going to keep saying this because I hope it embarrasses them — a 17-hour day, which I think is cruel and mean.”

Bottom line: There’s no love lost on either side as this whole sordid chapter comes to an end.  Bye Bye Izzie, you will not be missed.