”...a rattling or gurgling sound produced by air passing through mucus in the lungs and air passages of a dying person…”
-from Merriam-Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed.
I guess ny FIL made that sound the day before he died. I guess the body just stops moving anything along. ;(
I saw video he asked folks to take. In it he said “So long boys! I’ll see you at the Pearly Gates.” And he had that choking breathing.