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Zero chance the chip killed him.
Spicy foods don't actually burn you, they just 'taste' like burning. That's why holding a pepper doesn't hurt your hand.
Spiciness hurts in two places, your mouth and ass. Both of which have taste buds that the molecule interacts with. It's not corrosive.
Even the clickbaity description in the article of the dangers of capsaicin state that the potential esophageal damage is from vomiting, not the chemical.
Barring any allergies or heart problems, the chip didn't do it.
That article is an untested hypothesis. A football player with hypertension suddenly got symptoms of an issue most common with head trauma, physical exertion, and hypertension, three days after he ate a hot chip. That aside, the only other case study cited was effectively a question to whether it's possible.
The article cited about the esophageal tear straight up states the hot peppers are not known to cause harm. The patient already had the tear, the spicy food just made him aware of it.