death;  mortality;  to die;  to pass away
 departed spirit;  soul of the dead;  ghost;  apparition
 escape;  flight;  running away;  elopement;  fleeing
 downfall;  ruin;  collapse;  destruction
 flight from one's country;  seeking asylum;  defection;  emigration (for political reasons);  (going into) exile;  becoming a (political) refugee
 life or death;  existence;  destiny
 death rate;  mortality rate
 death;  the late;  the deceased
 desertion in the face of the enemy;  deserting under enemy fire
 the deceased;  deaths;  persons killed
 refugee;  exile;  displaced persons
 deceased father;  late father
 existential threat;  life-or-death crisis
 rise and fall;  ups and downs
 fatal accident;  deadly accident
 fugitive from justice;  fugitive criminal
 decline and fall;  ruin;  downfall;  collapse
 the fate of a nation;  life-or-death (situation) for a nation;  national crisis
 deceased husband;  late husband
 report of death;  notification of a death
 death insurance;  insurance payable at death
 life-and-death matter;  an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
 cemetery guard;  crematorium worker
 declaration of death;  pronouncing someone to be dead
 incident of death;  fatal case
 deceased mother;  late mother
 one's deceased elder brother
 customer at a brothel;  john;  someone who has forgotten the eight virtues;  brothel;  owner of a brothel
 nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall
 crisis;  critical moment;  critical time
 death benefit (from life insurance)
 declared death without identification of a body
 obituary;  notification of death
 spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home;  being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
 political asylum;  political exile
 rise and fall;  ups and downs;  waxing and waning;  prosperity and decline;  vicissitudes
 one's deceased younger brother
 fetal death (foetal);  embryonic demise
 rise and fall;  prosperity and decline;  vicissitudes
 fugitive from justice;  fugitive criminal
 too many options making selection difficult;  truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate
 autopsy imaging;  postmortem computed tomography;  PMCT;  virtopsy
 excess deaths;  excess mortality
 otebo bean (var. of Phaseolus vulgaris)
 2012 human extinction beliefs;  2012 doomsday theory
 intrauterine fetal death (foetal);  IUFD
 excess mortality rate;  mortality displacement
 deceased grandfather;  (one's) late grandfather
 maternal mortality rate;  maternal mortality ratio
 one's deceased younger sister
 deceased wife;  deceased lady
 locking the barn door after the horse has bolted;  doing something too late; (lit.) mending the pen after the sheep are lost
 bemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths);  being at a loss
 dead soldier;  deserter;  dying