Does nothing exist?

[Violet]

'Nothing' is a description of an abscence of things, it is not a thing in itself.
In the same way that death is a description of the abscence of life and is not a thing in itself.

(It should be noted: Nothing's definition makes itself logically impossible. However, I'm considering the logical standpoint so as to avoid metaphysics)

But is not the absence of being a thing a thing of itself? Nothing too would have to be a thing (else we could not consider it, also hence why it is declared a contradictory idea.). Of course, things can demonstrably exist outside of logic (hence fallacy exists)... why should nothing not also exist? (Joke question... note the above note in italic.)

Does existence suggest that there be an essence? If not, then why would nothing not exist? Can the state of lacking an essence still exist?

@plumb: Actually, death is not the absence of life. Rocks are not dead. Death is "the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism". Death requires former life.