User blog comment:Suriken88/Ezio's speculated death in Embers/@comment-173.70.53.207-20111215204305/@comment-86.28.183.1-20120103172931

I agree, he is far too bad ass. But I think ubi decided to end his life like that because ezio finally had rest. It wasn't all about the fighting, all Ezio really wanted was a family and tim to relax, and thats exactly what ubi gave him :P