There's always the theory John Dutton doesn't die at all, but leaves the Dutton ranch for an unexpected trip. With the character out of town, John Dutton could very much still be alive and well and has merely ridden off into the sunset!

Costner drama, here’s a rundown of the full story, or at least everything we know about where things stand with the Dutton family’s patriarch. Yellowstone is famously written by one lone man named Taylor Sheridan who will not accept help.