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The Spirit of Death visits the world of the living to better understand it. He becomes most interested in the personality of William Parrish, a 65-year-old influential media mogul whose life is about to end from a heart attack. As a physical vessel, the Spirit of Death chooses the body of a young, handsome man who has just met Parrish's daughter Susan. This young man is introduced under the name Joe Black, and soon love develops between him and Susan Parrish…