>>215176454
>Tony didn't die.
correct

>>214278342
Chase started teasing this years after the audiences came up with the theory to take the credit. He is not a highly detailed director that keeps track of details. Just look at TMSON or all the retcons and fuckups in the rest of the show. Basically every "clue" is a red herring Chase spammed them in S6 to keep you guessing. Tony even teleports to his seat in this scene without interrupting the jukebox music. Then he started hinting that the leading theory was true to take credit.

>>212187488
>when Tony dies in the final scene, he dies in the exact same fashion as the execution in the restaurant in Godfather 1.
That scene is confirmed to be Tony's all time favorite scene, and Tony was obsessed with movies, always watching old movies at home.
The last scene is the biggest red herring of all. Tony teleports to his seat with the jukebox music playing uninterrupted and then eats onion rings which he can't for medical reasons. The diner is full of old film archetypes like the random table of boyscouts, a stereotype 1980s movie mobster, hopelessly in love couple, and stereotype urban gansta thugs. This is because Tony's head is filled with movie and media references.
Then the outdated stereotype mafioso goes to the bathroom to act out Tony's all time favorite Godfather scene. Obviously all these things go ignored by most viewers who only fixate on the few red herrings that support the mainstream theory, which Chase only teased as being accurate years after it became accepted.