13 Intriguing Potential Fates For Iron Man In The MCU

3. He Dies

Simply put, Tony Stark could die in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is, after all, only human and some of the threats that are coming could quite easily kill him with little effort - especially if they got their hands on him without his trusty armour. Stark has already nearly died several times - in Afghanistan, when Obadiah Stane removed his arc reactor, at the end of the Avengers movie when Loki threw him out of Stark Tower and when he went in to space, and at the hands of Aldrich Killian, just for a few examples - so it does seem likely that someone like Thanos could finish him off permanently. One thing's for certain - it would end any speculation about Robert Downey, Jr.'s future as the character from thereon in if Stark was to clearly die on-screen.