What specifically defines a Death I know that this initially seems a silly question but I have a specific reason for asking it Presently a young Swedish model named Anna Maria Mostr m is listed upon the page here as having died on October 14th all News results for her which I have found note her as being brain dead the cause being a tragic accident The crux of my thought on this is that as long as an individual still has a heartbeat and is breathing whether through life support or on their own they re still at the very least clinically considered as being alive There have been numerous well known cases of people who have remained alive for years in a vegetative brain dead state who would not during that time have their name listed as a death upon this page Thoughts anyone