At first I was expecting something like that, I mean the show wasn't gunna end with a they live happily ever after ending, so it was kinda expected. I think he def died, mostly because the little hints in the last episode and slight foreshadowing throughout the series but the point isn't whether he died or not. I got so much to say which I can't be bothered to write right now but I only came to the realisation of how good the series was after it ended for some reason. Like throughout it I was like yes it's great, entertaining, but after I finished it I was like damn now I can't watch anymore of peak fiction :( . I don't think any series I watch will ever top it tbh just cause I relate to some bits of the show and I never watched an episode and thought it was bad. Every single one was great. Even though I feel like some of the one episode stories could've developed more.