"Tell me how you want to die, and I'll tell you who you are." -

I am an asshole, I'd like to live over 120 years, more than my human DNA would let me live.
I'd avoid all risky situations. I would quit a job that requires to die on it and write my memories, like the pope.
I want to die at the fictional age of 969 of Methuselah.So I will write a philosophy of "How to avoid death even if you cannot"

On the other hand, I could take all the risks it takes to die for stupid ideas like religion, patriotism or trying to get a cat down from the top of a tree.