By the end of the season, Tommy burns his wagon and personal effects, symbolizing the death of his old gangster identity. He rides away on a white horse , signifying a fresh start as a man no longer bound by his past.
However, the reason Tommy is "still alive" by the end of the series is one of the show's biggest twists. It turns out he was never actually terminally ill. The Great Deception [S6E4] Why Is Tommy Still Alive?
A recurring theme is that Tommy "died" in the tunnels of WWI in 1918, and everything since has been "borrowed time". By the end of the season, Tommy burns
In Peaky Blinders Season 6, Episode 4, titled "Sapphire," Tommy Shelby receives a devastating medical diagnosis that seems to seal his fate: an in his brain stem. His doctor, Dr. Holford, gives him just 12 to 18 months to live, explaining that the growth was likely contracted from his daughter, Ruby. It turns out he was never actually terminally ill
As of the latest developments, Tommy Shelby remains alive and is set to return for the upcoming Peaky Blinders feature film, where he must continue his fight against the rising fascist threat.
The diagnosis was a orchestrated by his political rival, Sir Oswald Mosley.