Even before I finished watching the series, I saw people saying that Spike dies in the end.

That's what I get for googling Cowboy Bebop.

On a number of the question/answer sites out there, people asked the question, "Did Spike Die?". Numerous Ответы сказал(-а) "yes, he's dead" and you'd see an occasional "it's ambiguous." I saw the Вопрос being asked in a number of places, getting the same answers.

This got me scratching my head. If he so obviously died, why do people have to ASK if he died?

Puzzled, I continued watching the series. I had to see this for myself, if this was ambiguous или not (and how...