diff --git a/types/death/death-tests.ts b/types/death/death-tests.ts
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+import ON_DEATH = require("death");
+
+const unsub: () => void = ON_DEATH(
+    (value: "SIGINT" | "SIGTERM" | "SIGQUIT") => {}
+);
+
+const otherUnsub: () => void = ON_DEATH({
+    debug: true,
+    uncaughtException: true,
+    SIGINT: true,
+    SIGTERM: true,
+    SIGQUIT: true,
+    SIGHUP: true
+})(
+    (
+        value: "uncaughtException" | "SIGINT" | "SIGTERM" | "SIGQUIT" | "SIGHUP"
+    ) => {}
+);
diff --git a/types/death/index.d.ts b/types/death/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/death/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for death 1.1
+// Project: https://github.com/jprichardson/node-death
+// Definitions by: Cameron Knight <https://github.com/ckknight>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.1
+
+/**
+ * Invokes a callback when a SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGQUIT is detected
+ * on the current node process.
+ * @param callback The callback to invoke
+ * @returns A function to unsubscribe and prevent the callback from being invoked
+ * @example
+ *  ON_DEATH((signal) => {
+ *    console.log('Oh no!');
+ *  });
+ * @example
+ *  const OFF_DEATH = ON_DEATH((signal) => {
+ *    console.log('Oh no!');
+ *  });
+ *  // later
+ *  OFF_DEATH();
+ */
+declare function ON_DEATH(
+    callback: (signal: "SIGINT" | "SIGTERM" | "SIGQUIT") => void
+): () => void;
+/**
+ * Invokes a callback when a SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGQUIT is detected
+ * on the current node process. Configurable by the provided options.
+ *
+ * @param options
+ * @returns A function to subscribe to the configured death detection
+ * @example
+ *  ON_DEATH({
+ *    debug: true,
+ *    uncaughtException: true,
+ *  })((signal) => {
+ *    console.log('Oh no!');
+ *  });
+ * @example
+ *  const OFF_DEATH = ON_DEATH({
+ *    debug: true,
+ *    uncaughtException: true,
+ *  })((signal) => {
+ *    console.log('Oh no!');
+ *  });
+ *  // later
+ *  OFF_DEATH();
+ */
+declare function ON_DEATH(options: {
+    debug?: boolean;
+    SIGINT?: boolean;
+    SIGTERM?: boolean;
+    SIGQUIT?: boolean;
+    SIGHUP?: boolean;
+    uncaughtException?: boolean;
+}): (
+    callback: (
+        signal:
+            | "SIGINT"
+            | "SIGTERM"
+            | "SIGQUIT"
+            | "SIGHUP"
+            | "uncaughtException"
+    ) => void
+) => () => void;
+export = ON_DEATH;
diff --git a/types/death/tsconfig.json b/types/death/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "death-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/death/tslint.json b/types/death/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }