I don't like death and I would be in line just as quick as most people if I could be immortal and reasonably healthy.

But is death loosing?

I don't view death as the antithesis of life, more appropriately I think it mirrors conception/birth.

I think of death more as a finale, the conclusion to your story be it grand or mundane. I also wonder if not for death would we cherish the events in life as greatly as we do? Think of the thinks that gave you pleasure as a child that you no longer care for as they have become stale and boring. Perhaps it would be so with living had we not death.