Eddie Thawne

Eddie Thawne (died May 19, 2015) was a police detective of the Central City Police Department, a former member of the Keystone City Police Department, the partner of Joe West, the boyfriend of Iris West, and the good friend of Barry Allen. He was one of the first police officers in the CCPD to learn of the existence of meta-humans - second only to Joe - and eventually learned of Barry's secret identity as the Flash. After being kidnapped by the time-traveling Eobard Thawne, Eddie was revealed to be the villain's ancestor. Eddie would later die by sacrificing himself to prevent Eobard from existing, saving his friends' lives and preventing the Reverse-Flash from doing any further harm to Central City and to time itself. Eddie's status is currently unknown, since Barry went back in time and prevented the Reverse-Flash from killing his mother.