I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly.
“All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life.”
“Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.”