At the film’s conclusion, Michael would get assassinated on the stairs of a church. He rolls down the steps and comes to rest on the ground at the bottom. Kay, his ex-wife, rushes to his side. She looks into his face and asks him, “Michael, are you dying? Are you going to die?” And Michael looks up at her and he says, “No.” And then he dies. Phenomenal ending. A brilliant callback to the first Godfather, as Michael ends his life with one last lie to Kay.