Robert De Niro Sr. Robert Henry De Niro, better known as Robert De Niro Sr. (May 3, 1922 â May 3, 1993), was an American abstract expressionist painter and the father of actor Robert De Niro.
A change in breathing pattern is significant during the dying process. When the exhalation (out-breath) is longer than the inhalation (in-breath) this is a sign that the dying process has begun (even weeks before actual death).
Another symptom was the extremely foul odor of all body fluids, and gangrene of the fingers, toes, and nose. Death was normally occurred about a week from infection, in about 50% or more of cases. (3,4) The symptoms of the pneumonic form were: sever chest pain, heavy sweating, and coughing up blood.