Oh yeah, cause you would so not be dead if you only turned to stone with a frickin sword in your head. And I'm sorry I have a life outside of this frickin game. Shoot me if you must.
If he dies in the original, then how can he come back ever again? Also, if getting stabbed in the head with the Master Sword doesn't constitute dying, what the hell does?
Each game is so different that a true timeline seems unlikely. If there is a timeline, there are major plot holes, like how Ganon always manages to come back from the dead and kidnap Zelda again and again. The games may have happened in a certain order, but they're probably not connected...