>>3794279
Perma-death happens pretty regularly in the FF series.

Minwu, Josef, Richard die in FF2. But they got their own bonus Afterlife Episode in the Dawn of Souls edition, along with Scott.

Tellah, Galuf, Aerith, Zack. Sephiroth was technically playable.
Reddas and Vossler are guest members, if you want to count them.

Shadow can technically die.
There's a Ghost on the Phantom Train that's a guest member.
Auron is technically dead from the start.
Vivi is dies off screen.

Tidus kinda dies, depending on how you look at it.
Noctis was destined to die.
Serah was destined to die.
The whole world in Lightning Returns.

Then there's characters sorta died, but didn't because of time reversals, or time clones, time abortions ect...Lion, Lilisette, Iroha. Galka technically reincarnate.

Everyone in Stranger of Paradise.

Joshua. ~maybe.
Clive ~maybe.