No he's not dead. He is acting like three different people,So every one thinks he's dead but he's really not. He has to shift to different people just so no one will figure out he's alive.
Is Sam Westing really dead? Who will win the 200 million dollars?
No
no he is disguised as sandy in the story
Yes, in "The Westing Game," it is revealed that Violet is actually Angela in disguise. This twist is a key revelation in the story.
No one, he is still alive it is a waxed body in the Westing House
The corpse was the dead body of Samuel Westing. c:
Grace didn't really benefit from the westing game, but Turtle won the westing game and all the inheritance.
Miss Westing in "The Westing Game" is actually Samuel W. Westing, a wealthy businessman who was assumed to be dead but was playing a complex game with the potential heirs to his fortune. He uses the disguise of a mysterious figure to orchestrate the game and test the heirs' abilities.
Sort of..he was Sam Westing in disguise and therefore when Sam Westing dies,Barney dies with him.
At the end of "The Westing Game," it is revealed that Sam Westing is alive and faked his own death as part of an elaborate game to find his heir. He reappears after the game is concluded to congratulate the winner, but then disappears once again.
Turtle encountered the dead body of Sam Westing in a wheelchair when she entered the house. His death set off the mystery and the game that the characters in the story play.
Alice