What is death?
It just doesn't matter. How much important a change of dress is? It is the life that is important and it never existed other than in thoughts. Hence, in reality death never existed. The so called consciousness is existing because someone, somewhere in this whole Cosmos gave importance to it. But, in reality even it never existed. What existed is only a simple awareness of existence and existence of awareness.
From word Death, reminds of a story from Upanishads;
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Moral: everything happens with what is planned.we are worrying over the small things. all are planned.
i know this is not relevant to your thought, but when i saw the word Death, it reminded me of the story and i narrated here.