Then there is Enoch who, with his entire city, was taken up to heaven without tasting death and is supposed to return at the Second Coming. Also, the scriptures imply that Moses was taken without death.
Personally , it would be a case of " be careful what you wish for " because living for about 2000 years and watching all your friends and family pass on etc. could get depressing, unless one was able to move back and forth between the spirit and mortal worlds at will.