Death is hard to think about and harder still to talk about. Some people get panic attacks just imagining the inevitable end of their life. It’s an extremely uncomfortable and inescapable fact of living. For some people, learning as much as they can about what it’s like and how it works is the one thing that brings them a little bit of comfort.

That’s where Julie McFadden comes in. McFadden has been working as a hospice nurse since 2015. She has been educating people about the dying process on social media for over five years, racking up millions of views with her gentle, reassuring, and highly informative FAQs.

Her 2024 book, Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully, became a New York Times bestseller and takes an even deeper look at the dying process.

In a recent video, Hospice Nurse Julie tackles a big, scary question: What time do people usually die? And can we actually predict someone’s time of death?

“When is the most common time to die? I think you might be surprised what research says,” she begins the video.

What the research actually shows

McFadden says even she was surprised when she started digging into the data and research. She noted that in her own work, she hadn’t really seen a trend, but after poring through studies and speaking with colleagues across the hospice industry, she was taken aback to discover a clear answer to her question.

“Research and anecdotal evidence… it does show that most people die between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.,” she says. She explains that some professionals refer to this window as the “letting go hour.”

Other studies and experts have a slightly different take, citing the most common time as 6 a.m.—8 a.m., or........

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