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angent coulson appeard to be dead but fury said coulson is down but not dead, I thought i saw him in the end of the move and he is signed on for a iron man 3 how does this work if he is dead, joss weadon is the produser and he does like to kill people off like in serenity! so do you think he is dead.

He said "an agent's down". That mean's down, not dead confirmed dead. When the paramedics came, they called the time of death. Since it wasn't shown on-screen, it's possible that he was just saying that to get everyone to work together again. Although, I hate when they bring a character back after a big send off.