Deader than a doornail if you ask me Ry. I watched it again and he's pretty stiff there at the end. He was shot three times and one in the head. I don't see how he could have survived. Watch this featurette though. I loved it. www.youtube.com/watch They talk about the casting calls, the directing and writing, their favorite sets, their favorite scenes, the much feared call announcing the death of the actor’s character (see Jack Houston’s somewhere after the 24 min mark!) and it is interspaced with the auditioning tapes of many.