I refuse to believe it, he can't be dead, right?
Before I go any further, can I just say: How awesome is it to have Fisher Steven's on the show! I remember this dude from Short Circuit!! About 6 months ago Short Circuit was on tv and I was thinking 'what ever happened to that guy?!'..
Anyway, he can't be dead - I mean I know he said "I can't get baack!!" moments before he died, but surely the door is still open for him to be 'alive' in the past...
Although how he'll get back to the present without a living future consciousness, I don't know..
But perhaps (and this is just a personal theory of mine)..perhaps the dead are more 'alive' than we think - especially those who die on (or who's bodies reside on/near) the island. Remember Boone, Yemi, Christian - will Minkowski come back as a 'spirit'??