The only way God can change the laws of nature on a whim is if he knows the equations and we don't. If we knew the equations, they would be unalterable. If there can be found a grand unifying equation of the universe, there can be no role for God's interference in nature. So far, that equation has not been found but the search continues. I wonder about the mood of God as it pertained to Larry's wish to live.
Death means different things to different people.
Obituary writers hate the job. It's a punishment for offending the editor or insulting his wife. Families and relatives weep for the departed in a fashion incomprehensible to disaffected onlookers. Peripherally connected onlookers to the dying process find it frightening and distressing. Physicians tre at death as a cessation of vital signs.