Did Sauron die at the end of LOTR?

Sauron did not die when the Ring was destroyed
His spirit remained bound to the world, but greatly diminished and no longer capable of much. This is explicitly stated in the text. Sauron seems to have ended up in the Void after becoming a greatly diminished spirit - apparently helped along by the wind from the west.
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Does Sauron die at the end?

J.R.R. Tolkien's own illustration of the spirit of Sauron after he died for the last time. ANSWER: Yes, Sauron died a physical death of the body, the same as any Elf, Man, Hobbit, Orc, Troll, Oliphaunt, horse, or other creature died in Middle-earth.
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How did Lord Sauron die?

When Elendil fell, his sword Narsil broke beneath him. Isildur took up the hilt-shard of Narsil and cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand, vanquishing Sauron.
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Why did Sauron die when the Ring was cut off?

Sauron did not die, but when the Ring was destroyed so much of his power was dissipated that he could never assume a body again.
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Does Sauron die in Return of the King?

Film: Saruman is killed after his staff is broken by Gandalf. He is pushed off the balcony by Grima and is impaled on one of his machines, a spiked wheel. Book: Saruman dies after Wormtongue slashes his throat in the Shire at the end of the War of the Ring.
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What happened *after* The Lord of the Rings?



How did Aragorn die?

At the age of 210, Aragorn felt that he had lived enough life and wisely chose to die. As a descendent of the Númenoreans, a legendary and virile breed of man, Aragorn could choose when he wanted to die, without the need to carry out a violent suicide.
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Did Legolas die?

No, Legolas does not die in The Return of the King. In the appendices, Tolkien reveals that Legolas and Gimli eventually build a boat and sail to the...
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Is Morgoth still alive?

[edit] Legacy. Morgoth remains in the Void, watched by Eärendil and unable to return to Arda as long as the Valar maintain their power over it. However, the lies he put in the hearts of the Children of Ilúvatar still remain and will create their evil results till the end of days.
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How many times did Sauron die?

Hence, the short answer to the question “how many times was Sauron slain” is at least three times. “Ósanwe-kenta” appears to add a fourth, earlier physical death to the tally in the 5th end note J.R.R. Tolkien composed for the essay.
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Why was Sauron not invisible when he wore the Ring?

In an interview with WIRED, Tolkien expert Cory Olsen answered this question. Olsen said that the reason Sauron does not turn invisible when he puts on the Ring is because, quite simply, he does not have a body.
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What happens to Sauron after LOTR?

Sauron does survive in some form after the destruction of the Ring. However, since he put so much of his own power into the Ring, he only exists as an evil spirit and cannot do anything. Instead of having control over all the people of Middle Earth, Sauron barely has control over his own fate.
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Is Sauron alive in Lord of the Rings?

So Sauron is killed in the prologue, and he lingers about for two and a half thousand years, presumably through the one ring action g as a sort of horcrux. He then appears as the spectral necromancer in the hobbit, and is defeated by the white Council. After that, he is building up his power in mordor.
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How does Saruman die in Lord of the Rings?

In the aftermath of that battle Frodo confronted Saruman and exiled him from the Shire, but before he could leave, Gríma Wormtongue killed Saruman by slitting his throat with a dagger, on the very doorstep of Bag End.
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How did Sauron not die?

Sauron did not "Die" as a Maiar or spiritual being, he's immortal and cannot die. He invested the vast majority of his essence and identity into the ring he crafted. When it was destroyed the vast majority of his capacity withered with it, thus Sauron no longer had physical dominion over his form any longer.
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Who would win Sauron or Voldemort?

7 Different: Sauron Is Probably More Powerful Than Voldemort

While both wield enormous power, Sauron is probably a force beyond Voldemort's reckoning. Voldemort might have descended into the depths of darkness, but Sauron is an entity from another time, possibly with powers that even Voldemort cannot imagine.
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Was Morgoth stronger than Sauron?

Morgoth (Melkor), as a Valar, was a more powerful being than Sauron, a Maia. In a one-on-one fight or each with their respective armies in any age, Morgoth is undoubtedly the strongest.
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How does Morgoth die?

After committing many evils across the First Age and preceding eras, such as the theft of the Silmarils, which resulted in his name Morgoth, and the destruction of the Two Lamps and the Two Trees of Valinor, Morgoth was defeated by the Host of Valinor in the War of Wrath.
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How did Sauron become eye?

When Sauron was defeated by Prince Isildur of Gondor, his finger was severed, as was the Ring. He also lost his physical form and from then on, Sauron manifested as an Eye. Sauron's forging of the Rings was featured at the beginning of 2001's The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Is the Ring actually destroyed?

That the ring is destroyed is not of his direct doing. The ring falls into the fires of Doom by accident as Frodo and Gollum fight over it. It is NOT thrown into the fires by intention. It is NOT destroyed intentionally by Frodo or anyone.
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Did Morgoth create dragons?

Dragons were ancient, intelligent, powerful creatures, as feared as they were admired in Middle-earth. Their exact origin is debated, though it was clearly stated that they were created by Morgoth in some sense, millennia before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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Was Sauron loyal to Morgoth?

He seems to be extremely loyal to Morgoth (at least as far as I've read), and I recalled a passage in Lord of the Rings where Gandalf said: Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary.
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Is Gandalf a Valar?

Valinor. In Valinor, Gandalf was called Olórin. He was one of the Maiar of Valinor, specifically, of the people of the Vala Manwë; and was said to be the wisest of the Maiar. He was also closely associated with two other Valar: Irmo, in whose gardens he lived, and Nienna, the patron of mercy, who gave him tutelage.
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How does Gimli die?

It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king. Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when that ship passed an end was come in the Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.
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Did Gimli die in the Undying Lands?

His date of death is not known, and according to the Red Book of Westmarch, he is said to have traveled with Legolas into the West, thus becoming the first Dwarf to visit the Undying Lands.
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Do Gimli and Legolas die?

As a Silvan Elf Legolas's longing for Valinor would be subdued until he saw the saw or in his case as in Galadriel's messages heard the sound of gulls. Legolas and Gimli both make it to Valinor as has been mentioned and Legolas will live in peace but as Gimli is still a mortal he would die as his life-span ends.
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