There were indeed extenuating circumstances, but it was semi-planned as well:
According to Wikipedia:
Whedon considered killing off Doyle early on from the opening episodes, "That was always a plan, and clearly that character didn't mesh. He was a very popular character, but the mesh was very difficult in ways that made it hard to write. Glenn had a kind of intensity that was kind of like David's, and David already has that. It could have gone a different way, but that was the plan we had and we decided to execute it. [Glenn Quinn] knew that it was an issue and he learned pretty early on. I said this is what we're going to do...' and I promised him a hero's exit." That said, the actor had increasing problems with drugs (and died of a heroin OD in 2002) and that also reportedly contributed to the choice to bump off the character. There were some plans to bring the character back for episode 100 as a villain, but the actor's death pre-empted those plans
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According to Wikipedia:
Whedon considered killing off Doyle early on from the opening episodes, "That was always a plan, and clearly that character didn't mesh. He was a very popular character, but the mesh was very difficult in ways that made it hard to write. Glenn had a kind of intensity that was kind of like David's, and David already has that. It could have gone a different way, but that was the plan we had and we decided to execute it. [Glenn Quinn] knew that it was an issue and he learned pretty early on. I said this is what we're going to do...' and I promised him a hero's exit." That said, the actor had increasing problems with drugs (and died of a heroin OD in 2002) and that also reportedly contributed to the choice to bump off the character. There were some plans to bring the character back for episode 100 as a villain, but the actor's death pre-empted those plans ( ... )
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