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  2. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Associated with dying cowboys, along with "Going to that big ranch in the sky." Go to one's reward [2] To die Euphemistic: Final reckoning, just deserts after death Go to one's watery grave [1] To die of drowning: Literary: Go to a Texas cakewalk [11] To be hanged Unknown Go the way of all flesh [2] To die Neutral Go west [2] To be killed or ...

  3. Memento mori - Wikipedia

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    The Way of the Samurai is, morning after morning, the practice of death, considering whether it will be here or be there, imagining the most sightly way of dying, and putting one's mind firmly in death. Although this may be a most difficult thing, if one will do it, it can be done. There is nothing that one should suppose cannot be done. [26]

  4. Lingchi - Wikipedia

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    He caused disturbances in Beijing, managing to scare Empress Dowager Cixi, before he was caught and put to death by lingchi. Wang Weiqin (王維勤): an influential landowner in his village in Shandong who masterminded the killings of a rival family of twelve. He was put to death by lingchi in October 1904. He rode a chariot to the execution ...

  5. Epicurus - Wikipedia

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    He taught that the root of all human neuroses is denial of death and the tendency for human beings to assume that death will be horrific and painful, which he claimed causes unnecessary anxiety, selfish self-protective behaviors, and hypocrisy. According to Epicurus, death is the end of both the body and the soul and therefore should not be feared.

  6. Dick Van Dyke, 98, Says He's 'Not Afraid' of Dying: 'I'm ...

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    Dick Van Dyke knows he won't be around forever, but when death comes, he won't be afraid.. The legendary entertainer, 98, stars in Coldplay's latest music video for their song, "All My Love," and ...

  7. Death and culture - Wikipedia

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    The death of a martyr or the value attributed to it is called martyrdom. In different belief systems, the criteria for being considered a martyr are different. In the Christian context, a martyr is an innocent person who, without seeking death, is murdered or put to death for his or her religious faith or convictions.

  8. Dick Van Dyke says he 'isn't afraid' of death as he reflects ...

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    Coldplay is celebrating Dick Van Dyke's 99th birthday in the sweetest way possible. On Friday, Dec. 6, the band released a special extended director's cut video for their new song, "All My Love."

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Anne and Jim kept working on a Plan B. Anne was worried that her son hadn’t found a sponsor yet, so she called a friend in AA; he promised to help get Patrick a sponsor after the weekend, when he’d be back in town. Jim called doctors to see if they prescribed Suboxone. He had already put Patrick on a waiting list for a long-term 12-step ...