Deagol doesnt really count as a ring-bearer beacsue, if you remember, he only has the ring for abuot five minutes before Smeagol killed him. He isnt really mentioned as a ring bearer like Frodo or Isuldir. Neither should Sam really, beacuase notice that all the ring bearers were affected in some way by the ring, Sauron getting his power, Isuldir not destroying it and gollum have unnatural long life and Frodo by claiming the ring his own at mount doom. O yeah, i forgot Bilbo, he also had a very long life for a hobbit.
So that said, the two "in question" ring bearers, Sam and Deagol, arent really bearer, just people who come into contact with ring.
Just my five cents.
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