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KillRoy231 wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy essentially confirms it when the Collector said that if a mortal touches an Infinity Stone, it will destroy them. Carina suffered the same thing, just with the Orb. The portal to Yggdrasil was likely transporting what was left of him there, because one of its main powers is to open up portals If the MCU producers ir Kevin Feige does not confirm this, you can't be sure he is dead. His death wouldn't be left so purposely ambigous if this was the case.