I don't think he really chose to die...Light actually beat him by manipulating Rem, the shinigami (By the way, L's cause of death was, of course, a heart attack).
Of course, if you want to argue that he chose his death, it could be because he didn't want to cause his only friend's downfall, or something like that.
L. L. Langstroth died in 1895.
L. L. Nunn died in 1925.
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L. L. Clover died on 1975-05-03.
L. L. Marshall died on 1958-01-12.
A. L. Erlanger died in 1930.
A. L. Barker died in 2002.
A. L. Hendriks died in 1992.
L. Gundappa died in 1986.
I. L. Peretz died in 1915.