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death rattle

NOUN
sound made while dying
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After a dispute flared this week between the FDA and biotech company Uniqure over a gene therapy up for approval, Raymond James analyst Chris Meekins sent a note to clients asking, “Could this be Prasad’s death rattle?”

From The Wall Street Journal

Proof of musical life: There’s no banjo in sight, but Martin shows off his song-and-dance chops in Season 3’s “Death Rattle” musical by performing the tongue-twisting ditty “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It.”

From Los Angeles Times

The latest season of the murder mystery comedy series gave Short’s character, Oliver Putnam, a chance to turn his murder mystery stage play into an outrageous Broadway musical called “Death Rattle Dazzle!”

From Los Angeles Times

The death rattle from there was gradual.

From Slate

Few productions have been as cataclysmic as Oliver Putnam’s “Death Rattle Dazzle,” a misbegotten gothic about murderous infants, re-conceived as a glittery musical.

From New York Times