Curious as a Cat

Questions for Week Number Twenty-Seven:

Among all the people you know, who is the most at ease with their own mortality?

I can't think of anyone I currently know, but my dad was really practical and sensible in talking to us all about his death beforehand. It never freaked me out, at least.

If you were casting a western, what actor would you pick to be the star?
I'm going to go off the normal "western star" page and say George Clooney. I just wonder a) if he'd do it, and b) what he'd look like in a cowboy hat.
Having said that, for less of a stunt-casting thing, I'd ask for Brad Pitt. I already know he looks gooo-ooood in a cowboy hat: