The purpose of this essay is to highlight the responses towards death. Studies suggest that although people like to deny their own deaths they ultimately accept it for the fact that death is a universal reality. Although most people believe that the oldsters are more afraid of death than the youngsters, most gerontological studies do not support this view and say that the opposite is true. The author takes a different position and suggests that the fear of death is more latent and less manifest among the youngsters and it is more manifest and less latent among the oldsters. Further, he suggests that all human beings are more or less afraid of death. However, some youngsters may be more fearful of death than some oldsters and some oldsters may be more fearful of death than some youngsters. It depends on one's socialization and the formation of personality.