What is the Angel of Death?
For thousands of years, people have passed down legends regarding the angel of death. An angel of death was believed to come before ones death and either usher them over to the other side or even bring about their passing. Read more: What are Angels? In the 1998 Hollywood movie, Meet Joe Black, Brad Pitt played Joe Black, the angel of death, who pays a visit to William Parrish, played by Anthony Hopkins. Parrish is given the news that his time to die at hand, and that Joe Black would bring it about in a few days. The movie centered around the angel of death assuming another deceased persons form, running Parrishs media business, living with the family and even dating one of Parrishs daughters, all to experience life. In the film, the angel of death gives Parrish a few more days to live in exchange for experiencing human life, and eventually brings Parrishs death to pass in a most peaceful manner. At Angels & Ghosts, we receive many deathbed reports of a visitor or what some believe to