Research on men and masculinity focuses on values and characteristics of masculine identity, which is often associated with autonomy, being active and in control, physically strong andresourceful. Moreover, social gerontology tends to focus on aging “successfully” and only to aminor extent acknowledge the “dark side” of aging, such as illness, impaired physical and mentalabilities, dependency and death. This is of relevance in relation to dying older men, where issuesof being dependent, frail and not being autonomous do not align with ideals of masculine identities. Meanwhile, current societal views on a “good death” focus on enabling autonomy and notdying alone. This in turn raises the issue of how to understand cases when men express autonomy to the degree of challenging norms of “good death”, i.e., wanting to die alone of expressionswills to end one’s life. Consequently, the issue of older men who are dying highlight severalcomplex and potentially conflicting narratives, on societal, organizational and individual levels. Inthis study we will analyze how the issues of dying and masculinity are treated in public discourseabout the death of older men. The point of departure is to scrutinize what types of narratives thatare prevalent and how the current narratives of “good death”, “successful aging” and the “fourthage” are dealt with in the chosen cases. Moreover, attention will be drawn to who´s perspectivesdominate in the narratives. Is it professionals, relatives, dying older men, policymakers or religious authorities who are given a voice?