No one here gets out alive (Jim Morrison). Death ends a life but not a relationship. It is also an inner experience, both for the one who passes on and those left behind. I have assisted two very close people through the dying process in the last year, and have some thoughts and experiences to share. Death is most often an awkward or unpopular thing to talk about, but it is an important part of life, so to speak. Just being there is perhaps the best thing any of us can do when someone is in the final reel. Let them know they lived a good life and that those behind will be able to take care of themselves. Death in natural, so you can't really help someone die, but you can make it a little easier - for them and yourself.