Berachos 5a

Gemara: "Rabbi Levi bar Chama said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish: One should always incite the Good Inclination against the Evil Inclination, as it is said, "Rigzu v'al techet'u." If he was victorious, good. If not, he should busy himself with Torah, as it is said, "Imru b'lvavechem." If he was victorious, good. If not, he should recite the Shema, as it is said, "Al mishkavchem." If he was victorious, good. If not, he should remind himself of the day of death, as it is said, "V'domu selah." "

Rashi, on the words, "V'domu selah": "The day of domiah (silence) is the day of death which is an eternal silence."

It seems to me that we can interpret this last bit of the gemara in a different way, based on the gemara later on on 18b. The gemara says, "Maybe Domah came first and announced it to them." Rashi says on that, "Domah - the angel who is appointed over dead people..."

If that's the case, then we can interpret the words, "V'domu selah," not as referring to, "The eternal silence," (as Rashi puts it), but rather as referring to the angel appointed over dead people.