Death, Death Parade, Death Note, Death Stranding, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, Thanatology, Hospice care, End-of-life care, Ashoka, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, 5 stages of grief, The Grieving Process, Near-death experience, Funeral industry, Theoretical perspectiv

Death signifies the end of life, prompting various cultural, philosophical, and medical responses. "Death Parade" is a TV series exploring morality after death; "Death Note" is a manga about supernatural judgment; "Death Stranding" is a game about connection and mortality. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross identified five grief stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Thanatology is the study of death and dying. Hospice and end-of-life care focus on comfort for terminally ill patients. Ashoka was an Indian emperor who promoted moral values. Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" examines authentic living and death. Near-death experiences and funeral industries are part of death’s cultural processing.