Hopper sacrificed himself at the end of Stranger Things season 3... 1 / 7
Choosing to die so the Gate to the Upside Down was shut down. 2 / 7
But is Hopper really dead? 3 / 7
There was no body, and a ladder at the end of the gantry in the Gate room... 4 / 7
Which means Hopper could have survived... 5 / 7
Because the explosion would have destroyed his body, it's impossible to say for sure... 6 / 7
But perhaps he's the American prisoner of the Russians in the post-credits scene? 7 / 7