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).
The official signs of death include the following: 1  no pupil reaction to light. 2  no response of the eyes to caloric (warm or cold) stimulation. 3  no jaw reflex (the jaw will react like the knee if hit with a reflex hammer)  no gag reflex (touching the back of the throat induces 1  vomiting) no response to pain.  no breathing.