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The image of a sick old man lying on his deathbed and croaking out one last inspirational hurrah has been popular in many a Hollywood film, and many of history’s characters have often uttered final words that sum up their lives.

At different moments in time, Western popular culture has become fascinated with different representations of death.

When Grace Hatmaker of Shaver Lake, California talks about dying, she doesn't use the same words most people would.

Some people believe the pearly gates of heaven or the fiery pit of hell await souls after death, while others think their soul will be re-incarnated as some other being.

Gordon Walker was 14 when he got his first car, a 1962 Cadillac hearse.