NAMES IN THE NEWS : Actor Quinn Doesn’t Fear Death

Anthony Quinn says he’s never been scared of dying, not even by heart bypass surgery. But he admitted making out a will before he underwent surgery last month.

Quinn called the operation “a breeze” in an interview taped Wednesday for “The Joan Rivers Show.”

“It’s complicated for the doctor, but for you it’s very simple,” the 75-year-old actor said.

Although he made out the will before going under the knife, he said the thought of dying doesn’t worry him.

“I’ve never been afraid of death,” he said. “I don’t think it exists. . . . I think it’s just a change that you go through.

“There’s a light at the other end of a tunnel that is just another life, and I think it’s a better life than this one, without all the wars and all the hunger and all the nonsense that’s going on now.”

The interview will be broadcast Friday.