Odds of the Bass dying???

[bubba bass bigfoot]

Last year i hooked into a big bass about 7 plus by the way he felt. i was using 10lb line and fishing with a crankbait. (the crank was about 3-3 1/2 inches but fat.) the bass got to the boat my dad did not get it netted and it went right back down, then the line snapped. man it sucked that i missed the fish, but more that the it was big and probley died, this was at the family pond. did not hear anything of a dead bass on top of the water. but what do you think the odds are that it died, or do you think it shook the lure some how? just wondering, lol it could have been Bubba my 7 pounder i cought when i was 7 who knows.