I do remember stumbling across that a while back. We might have even discussed it here before, I'm too lazy to check

I don't know if
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ensuring a black character dies in every movie.
is quite accurate, but that's not the point so I'll drop it

I don't think Barret's death would have caused as much grief as Aeris's did, but it could certainly have been worked to achieve a pretty emotional response. Dyne's death was pretty powerful imo, and so styling it so that Barret could, y'know, rejoin his wife (and kid) and best friend (bonus points if Marlene is dead now too, leaving him with no-one) would certainly have done well.

There is nothing like killing off the main love interest though. What a sneaky move