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Here is the complete text of a well-known story by W. Somerset Maughm, called "Rain." I think it has the seriousness you are looking for.

http://maugham.classicauthors.net/Rain/

Here's an idea. Check out the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder. It's all to do with the cyclical yet permanent nature of life and how no one ever stops to truly appreciate it. It has the death you're looking for, and it's serious, unique, and interesting.

I think that's the most time anyone has said or typed some form of the word serious in a paragraph. I seriously think you deserve an award.