Originally Posted by
Kiro
Highly doubt that since he's DED LOL. But that would be cool, lol.
nowhere did they have evidence of his death, just said he's gone(assumed dead).
Oh, and you heard it here first. 4th Hokage's name is Uchiha Madara, and is the 3rd person capable of Mangekyou Sharingan mentioned by Itachi.
Kakashi's doesn't count, his is of a different shape
Theorycrafting, but 4th Hokage planted Kyuubi into Naruto, so he could come back to retrieve it later. His "death" was to throw all suspicion off himself to form Akatsuki. Jiraiya and Orochimaru were approached to join, with the latter accepting. Sandaime and Asuma(and now Shikamaru) know of his identity.
feel free to tear my theory apart =p hope to be quoting myself in the "i told you so" fashion when the time comes.