Yet Another Thought About Literature and Death

I'm trying to catch up with that wild and crazy "social marketing" thing, and I was just updating my author profile on Goodreads.com. It asks for basic biographical detail on the author: first it asked for my city of birth, then my date of birth. And then it asked for my date of death. Whoa. OK, I guess I understand that this is intended for all sorts of authors, living and dead. Nonetheless: how to answer? Should I predict when I'll die? Make something up?



I chose to leave it blank for now....