Shawn Poirier talked to the dead for a living. Now he is among them.
"The spectre of death is one of your most ardent lovers who stalks you steadfastly," the 40-year-old wrote on his MySpace Web page. "Hidden at every turn throughout your entire life, he waits until the moment is perfect. Death will finally strike catching you only to give you his fatal kiss while enfolding you in bone arms forever."