User blog comment:Tailsyochicken/Cars 3 Idea/@comment-2124207-20120623201526/@comment-2124207-20120708015245

I know. I was just saying that some people think in fanfiction he's not really dead. I, myself do not think he's actually alive in canon or anything. And it's Not really possible as John Lasseter said it was best to retire the character (and make that he's dead) to honor and respect his deceased voice actor, Paul Newman.