You have got to read this story.  I have first hand knowledge and have laughed myself silly!

http://onlyaglimpse.blogspot.com/2008/04/report-of-my-death-was-exaggeration.html

Although what happened is very funny.  The real story of death is no laughing matter.  We all will die at some time appointed by God.  I believe God knows the date and the inscription that will be on our tombstone.  He cares intimately about all the details of our lives all the way down to the number of hairs on our head (assuming one has hair).