I imagine even if he dies during the term republican leadership will Weekend at Bernies him for the remainder of the term to continue to use him as a scapegoat for all the evil shit they want to do.
I feel like they'll probably invent some plot by "Marxists" and start cracking down hard on anyone even slightly left of center in the name of combating terrorism. Like, even harder than they are already.
The ironic one would be weakend food safety leading to a few bad hamburgers and he ends up dying from like salmonella or something else entirely preventable if someone cares to notice.