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There's not really anything majorly spoilery! Anyone can die and anyone can live.

Also, I just replayed the last mission and we all survived! SCORE!
I didn't know any of that, and I've got people telling me how to keep everyone alive now... I haven't even recruited everyone yet and I now been told I will have a scenario where I can lose everyone. That's not a spoiler how?
It was the main draw of the game's marketing campaign before launch and is stated flatly in the first couple hours of gameplay (and multiple times thereafter). Mass Effect 2 is a about your crew going on a suicide mission. Anyone can die. Even Shepard (in which case you can still "beat" the game, but will not be able to import that data to ME3). It's not just being dramatic when the characters talk about the chance for failure.