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Say that his physical embodiment passed away and his spirit returned to the Blessed Realm.
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Which, in Tolkien's work, is called dying. But, if you'll allow me to quote myself from another recent thread...
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[Gandalf] didn't return to Aman when he died, because Aman is within Time [and Gandalf says he 'passed out of Time']. Eru himself (who exists outside of creation and Time) 'enhanced' and re-embodied Gandalf, before returning him to Middle-earth. The whole situation was a unique one that only happened by Eru's personal intervention.
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