Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-34823985-20181013052639/@comment-35711173-20181013214547

Kolpik wrote: DoctorBobSmith, your assessment of the ending is correct. You seem a little unsure, so is there anything I can clarify in the story to make that more obvious? Of course, I'd rather not come straight out and say Mr. Withers has died.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonal_respiration

For what it sounds like, I suggest searching on YouTube for Agonal Respiration and listening to some recordings of people dying.

This may be close enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sizvZJJPtzE

I think you could get a better feel if you listen to several.