However, in the original cut of the film, we find him on the ground moments later dying in the grass as Logan and Laura grab Charles’ body and make a run for it.
Although it serves as an emotional send-off for one of Logan’s closest allies, Mangold felt that it raised more questions than answers as to why Logan and Laura would take the time to grab Charles’ body, but not Caliban’s as they made their way off of the Munson homestead.
On a commentary track for one of Logan’s deleted scenes, James Mangold speaks at length about the decision to cut Caliban’s death from the movie.
In the theatrical cut of the film, his final moment onscreen is the instant right before he blows himself up in an attempt to kill Boyd Holbrook’s Donald Pierce.