Are you forgetting the fact that Lily shot him in the face at point blank range? That would surely do him in I should think.
But the fact is we don't know for sure she shot him in the face. That's my hang up. On a show that is not at all shy with violence, why 'kill' the bad guy off like that. I've seen far too many horror movies and if the bad guy is 'killed' off screen, he is never really dead.
She points the gun and you hear the shot, but like someone else said, could someone have shot her?
I'm just putting this out here since you all know how TV works.
Exactly. Or she could have shot him the chest or foot for all we know. A random gun shot while looking at a chess piece could mean anything. Maybe she wants him to turn into a zombie as a further punishment much like The Gov did with Merle?
I for one won't be convinced the Governor is truly dead until we see his corpse - walking or not. I felt the reason Michonne didn't just slice him up the middle after the stab or slice his head off is because she isn't done with him yet. We still don't know what happened to Michonne after all. She could have come back and stopped Lily. We just don't know enough yet to come to definitive conclusion IMO.
And for those siting Morrissey in confirming the Governor's death, just last week he said he hopes to see the Governor make it through to Season 5 at least. He already knew what happened. And the week before that on Talking Dead he said the Governor was a changed man. He clearly loves messing with the fans