I thought this thread was going to be about Cher until I saw the last part of the question.
I don't really know what I believe but it makes me sad thinking that all we work for in life just comes to an end and we don't even get to see who goes to our funeral.
I guess when you're dead you wouldn't care anyway but it'd be nice to stick around as a ghost or whatever. I'd like to believe in reincarnation as well. I just hate the idea of everything just going pitch black and nothing else.