User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-4254431-20140905131951/@comment-5019018-20140905212443

Kain, have you taken a lightning bolt to the brain? He can't die before passing on his genes, else his genetic memory will be unobtainable. And once he passes on those genes, it's impossible to view the rest of his memories.

The only way we could see him die is if his child happens to watch it happen.