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Well, Rumple didn't technically "murder" Gaston, but he set him up to be murdered. I think Belle chopping off his stem (good lord that would sound weird in a different context) killed him, but we can't really blame her for it. Hence his blood is on Rumple's hands.

It's an interesting debate... I think if they were turned into an inanimate object for long enough they'd surely suffocate/dehydrate/starve to death.... right.