I'm wondering if it is possible to have the die() function do some actions before it completely dies.

As long as you're careful you create a $SIG{__DIE__} handler to do what you want e.g

$SIG{__DIE__} = sub { print "and the rest was silence ...\n" };
die();

__output__

and the rest was silence ...
Died at - line 2.
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Check out Argument stringification in __WARN__ and __DIE__ and Re: How "safe" is die() in %SIG? for some info on the foibles of using the $SIG{__DIE__} handler.
HTH

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