Does Cloudtail ever die in the Warriors series?

actually yes he does but he dies when he becomes leader of shadowclan and is named tigerstar scourge kills him by slashing him open with his huge claws and he looses all his nine lives at once because even starclan cannot repair things like that yes he dies and i dont think starclan wanted to heal his wounds[or they were going to make him lose lives just not kill him,but got of control and lost them all]