To save his life, his father (Bootstrap Bill Turner) carves out Will’s wounded heart and places it in the Dead Man’s Chest. This process resurrects Will, but not as a mortal man. He is now bound to the sea, tasked with the duty of ferrying souls who die at sea to the "other side." The Terms of His "Death"
In the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Will Turner does not exactly "die," but he does undergo a significant transformation. does will die in pirates of the caribbean