Dying In Private

It seems death should always be a private experience.  The idea of people waiting and watching seems intrusive, and perhaps disrespectful, even though that is not what they intend.  It is its public-ness that gives to Jesus' death the ignominious aspect -- rather than it being by crucifixion, which is only the means.  In our culture there is a feeling the dying person requires company or reinforcement as they undertake a difficult transition, but I think that may suggest more the fear of the living than the experience of the dying.