Yes, I actually look forward to death sometimes. I, however, was suicidal for a good portion of my life and suffered from severe depression. I'd say depression is probably the quickest and easiest way to get over a fear of death.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell