How did the Iceman die?

Answer 1

The iceman died by a hunter that shot him under the lungs. he survived for a few hours but died in a cave. ice and snow covered him and preserved him for 5,300 years until somehikers found him

Answer 2

He was shot with an arrow in his shoulder, and was found by hikers in the alps with a hole in the back of his head and preserved, yellow leathery skin, because the ice and snow kept him from decomposing.