The world of spirit has a kind of different language. Early on in my life, i was often disturbed when they used the word death. On a few occasions, they even told me some one i knew had died, or had a death. When i once called the next day, concerned, asking if he was ok, a friend said, "how did you know?"
He had a spiritual death, a deep, emotional release.

I no longer assume that death in a dream means dying, passing on to the next dimension.