Question: does the govenor die in the walking dead

title: The Governor (The Walking Dead)
text: When the dead began to rise , Brian and Philip gathered a small group , which included Brian 's niece Penny , and the group were constantly on the run when unsecured locations were breached ; the planned community called the Wiltshire Estates , where Rick 's group coincidentally stayed , was one of these . Eventually , Brian 's group came upon Woodbury , Georgia , a ravaged town being led by a group of National Guardsmen under Major Gene Gavin , who used fear to assert his authority . After becoming the last of his group , Brian rallied the townspeople against Gavin and the Guardsmen and afterward declared himself `` Governor '' of the four blocks making up the settlement . Initially appearing to be a fair and strong leader , he became increasingly more ruthless and power - hungry . He kept the zombified Penny tied up in his apartment , feeding her severed body parts of those who displeased him . The