Sad...but when all you have is here on earth with no thoughts of the hereafter the fear of dying goes to some crazy extremes.
Perhaps he should read John 11:26:
Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.
My life is in John 3:16....................