what happened to sam in transformers

Sam Witwicky was the hero of the first three Transformers movies. After the third movie, Sam left the franchise, and there was no mention of his life or whereabouts in the follow-up, Transformers: Age of Extinction, which followed new hero, Cade Yaeger. According to the movie Transformers: The Last Knight, Sam Witwicky is likely dead. However, his death is not explicitly shown, and it is not clear how he died. Some fans speculate that he was killed off-screen between the events of Dark of the Moon and The Last Knight. It is worth noting that Shia LaBeouf, the actor who played Sam Witwicky, decided to leave the franchise after Transformers: Dark of the Moon.