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If my death warranted coverage, I'd rather a fairly recent photo of me healthy and charismatic.

Being aware of your own mortality on a regular basis can spur you on to take more risks and do something positive with your life. In the midst of life we are in death.

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That someone can go from healthy and happy to dead in a few short years is unnerving.

The shorter that transition the better, I always say.