Furry Grim Reaper?

There's an AP story out of Providence, R.I., about a cat who lives in a nursing home that may be able to predict which of the residents there are about to die. (There's also an NBC News video segment on Oscar and a photo gallery of him at the Boston Globe.) According to Dr. David M. Dosa in a New England Journal of Medicine article, the cat cuddles up to them in their final hours. Although it's rather freaky if true, I hope that I have a feline companion curled up next to me in my final hours. Of course, maybe these residents are just the ones who are deathly allergic to cats!