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What would you consider a "good death"?

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PJ Stein Profile
PJ Stein answered

My grandfather laid down for a nap before dinner. He never woke up. Apparently he had an aneurysm that burst. He never felt a thing.

Mountain  Man Profile
Mountain Man answered

Dying in my sleep.

Dumb Goat Profile
Dumb Goat answered

Any kind of death that is painless and that you do not see coming. Furthermore, I do not want to die at a time that would be inconvenient for my family for me to be dead. I would want to die after I had already done what I can do to make other people happy and my family happy, and after my mother and brother dies so that they do not experience pain from my death.

Tom  Jackson Profile
Tom Jackson answered

If you have seen The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise you have one definition.

If that one doesn't suit you, here's a worthwhile comment from the internet.

Poets, professors, priests, and plain folks all opine about what makes a "good death." In truth, deaths are nearly as unique as the lives that came before them -- shaped by the attitudes, physical conditions, medical treatments, and mix of people involved.

Still, many have pointed to a few common factors that can help a death seem good -- and even inspiring -- as opposed to frightening, sad, or tortuous. By most standards, a good death is one in which a person dies on his own terms, relatively free from pain, in a supported and dignified setting. 

Personally, I would appreciate one that serves well everyone involved.

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Call me Z
Call me Z commented
It was that I was actually watching "The Last Samurai" that inspired this question.
I thought it a worthy subject to broach with our friends here. I also asked this on aM.
Your comments are well received, Tom, thanks.
Michael Poland Profile
Michael Poland answered

There is no death.

Only Soul Trasferr Transition.

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