Did Bill Ferny die?

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

Bill Ferny was the Mouth of Sauron.

Wasn't that Alatar? Or was it Pallando?

But you have very complicated theories. Mine's simple: Sam threw him a radioactive apple. That's why he said "Waste of a good apple." It's hard to create a radioactive apple, let me tell you. Bill probably died sometime during the early Fourth Age, as the chemical component of the apple has a fairly short half-life (whatever the apple is made of).