Daniel Leviton, 1931-2011 A professor of death, and teacher to the end

Dan Leviton spent most of his life preparing to die.

For more than three decades, the University of Maryland health professor taught courses on death education that drew hundreds of students every semester. One young woman came because of a near-death experience she?d had at age 10, when a wave washed over her in Atlantic City. Another was grieving from the loss of her father in a plane crash. More than a few students over the years were contemplating suicide.

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