I may be totally off here. When Q says "Every dog has his day".. what I understand that to mean every vile piece of trash has his day, has that opportunity and takes it.. to do something honorable.
I think he is still alive, but I also think he is politically and figuratively dead, not physically dead. He may have retired to Gitmo where he can no longer do harm to others, and can no longer come in last minute and wreck President Trump's/Q/TheStorm/GreatAwakening plans.
He took a bow out whether he wanted to or not. Not sure of all previous drops were about the progress of the tribunals or what, think so though.. and I think his sentensing was complete, and he had X amount of time till he would be extracted for his journey to end life in Gitmo.
Wonder if McCain likes Metallica blared at him for hours at a time? Probably wouldnt do that as he was the ring leader of the terrorists and not one of the lower guys and them looking for intel.
Ramblings but I think he was taken down chiefly so he could not negatively impact the Great Awakening.
What say u?