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Many things contributed:

-he was shot by lightning

-his helmet was taken off

-and then he was burned

No, he was burned in Episode 3 and survived, but he was burned in Episode 6 because he was dead and it was an ancient Jedi tradition to burn a dead Jedi. Luke gave Darth Vader an ancient Jedi tradition funeral pyre because he turned to the good side and was reborn as Anakin Skywalker. His helmet being taken off was a request to Luke to see him with his real eyes, not through his visor. His helmet being taken off didn't kill him, it was that he was mortally wounded from the Emperor's Force lightning because Vader tried to save his son from dying.

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