Oh god, I hope not. (not likely, but the worst things happen to the best people)
In my opinion, the music makes the fantasy, and if he is dead, I really don't know if Final Fantasy will appeal to me anymore.
Edit:
Oh, crap. It's on Zophar's Domain. I used to believe most (if not all) of what was there. *pray! pray! pray! pray! pray! pray!*
[This message has been edited by MMiller8 (edited June 28, 2001).]