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No, "Anton Chigurh" does not die in "No Country for Old Men".

There were many instances in the film where he had the possibility of death, like the shootout with Llewelyn, but his conclusive fate was not death.

In the movie's second last scene, he gets in a car crash and walks off after paying two boys for a shirt as an arm sling. He appears injured, very injured in fact, but it is safe to say he lived on.

As many have said, Anton Chigurh embodies death, like the Grim Reaper except in a human form. So, if he were to be killed in the film, it'd be far less effective than the canonical ending we got because death never dies. To me, Chigurh walking away without being punished or caught (presumably, but it is safe to say he was never caught) means that death cannot be dealt with, either. We just have to accept it.

The very last scene depicts the old cop telling his wife about two dreams he had, and it is revealed that the events of the film were all in his head as he slept. It is up for debate what this means, but I think him imagining it all could be his fears of death, which is embodied in Chigurh.

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At the end of "No Country For Old Men" Anton Chigurh get in a car accident and get up, puts his arm in a sling. Then just walks away and is never seen or heard from again.

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