Death is a taboo subject for many people on this Earth. Especially superstitious people, who think that once you talk about death, it will jinx you and you will be cursed with near impending death. But if you do not talk about death, how are you ever going to cure yourself of sicknesses?
If people do not speak of death, do not go near dead bodies and such, they would have never found out about such a thing as the conduction of autopsies. Thus, it would have led to the death of more innocent lives.
So is the topic of death approachable? Or is it meant to be another unreachable, ucomfortable topic like sex?
Some people think that the mention of even the word "death" will make the person die. This, I can tell from personal experience, is not true. As I have brought up the topic of death many times, though I have dreamt of Death but it never comes.
Now, on the topic of actually believing that Death is a personified as a "person" of undead and that he is there to take you away whenever you stay too close to him or talk about him. Imagine, if someone talked too much about you or stayed too close to you (exceptionally the ones who are diseased), would you cause the person's death? Or even want to cause the person's death? Obviously NOT! So who is to say that "Death" (as a personified character) would kill you if he heard you talking about him or attending funerals? If he did, I am very sure he has a warped mind of morals. But of course, Death has no morals.
Understanding Death. It is the state where a person is not living, unconscious. Totally oblivious to the world around him/her, simply because of the reason that he/she is dead. The state of that could be very disturbing to those who are not yet "ready". But Death, like Time, does not wait for anybody and will not ever stop. Death is happening everyday, everytime, and Time is happening. So if you are not "ready", it is just too bad that you die. Simple as that.

Consider the following questions:

1) What can you do for a dying person?
2) What of your soul, when you die?
3) Do you understand the concept of Death in relation to Time? If you do, bravo.