User blog comment:Maslab/On the subject of Noble Six/@comment-104730-20130708021609/@comment-663564-20130708022042

It should be noted (again) that Marcus Lehto was the Creative Director for Halo: Reach. This means he ensures quality and probably got the final word in saying what stayed in and what got cut out. Guess what stayed in.

And Bungie did state that Six was killed by result of being overwhelmed in a final unarmed melee. I mean, just look at the damn cutscene.