Being dead: When it pays off

Would-be corpse gets chance to join ‘Stiffs’

Ohio man's TV auditions pay off, receives offer to play dead body in comedy

And then, there's when it doesn't:

Police: Man faked death to avoid child support

'Ultimate deadbeat dad' now owes more than $30,000 for two kids

Evidently, the first guy has a website; the other guy... not so much.