knocking on heaven's door

Dying; approaching or very close to death (i.e., about to be admitted into the afterlife). My grandfather fought a good fight against his cancer, but I'm afraid he's knocking on heaven's door now.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jenkins	['dʒeŋkinz]
Fernanda	[fɜ:'nændə]
Jakob	YAH-kawp (German), YAH-kob (Danish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Sammy	['sæmi]
Yakiv	-	Ukrainian
Gottfried	GAWT-freet	German