John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third presidents of the United States, respectively, died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary, to the day, of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
I say, the deeply spiritual human mind understands “a time to die” and will make it so without any other human expediting that time. Those who think they can "help" that time must be sent to prison for a long time and will be damned to H3II for an eternity.
But that's just my two cents.
Yes, and a gross oversimplification (notice that King David was pardoned of murder).
It might be that an anodyne medicine will have a risk. Good grief, all do. People have died of aspirin.
I know two people whose grandfather and grandmother, respectively, knew it was their time. They bathed, dressed in the good clothes, lay down that night, and died in their sleep. They were elderly, and cared for themselves up to that day, as best as they could.
They both happened to be devout Catholics.