He died of cancer in 2001.
Big Ed died in 2001.
Monteriggioni
Ablabius - assassin - died in 562.
Yes, your recruits can die in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.
No, he will die in Assassin's Creed: Embers, which is set shortly after the end of Revelations.
James Hamilton - assassin - died in 1581.
Friedrich Adler - assassin - died in 1960.
Beant Singh - assassin - died in 1984.
No, but he does die in Assassin's Creed Embers which is an animated film.
Big Ed was born in 1971.
There is no-one named Michael in the Assassin's Creed lineage.
Ed Reulbach went by Big Ed.