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Peggy had told him, when Bucky fell, that he needed to give him the dignity of HIS choice to lay down his life.
He couldn't...not this time.
It was always meant to be Steve. The world needed Tony Stark, they would always need Iron Man.
I.e, Steve dying in place of Tony.