Yeah I hope it
does too. Would be a most fortunate spectacular event to witness: a nearby star going supernova during one's lifetime. Eta Carinae and Betelgeuse are the prime (afaik only) candidates. But they could just as easily last another 100k years or more.
Eta Carinae "almost" blew up and went supernova in 1840. The remnants of that event are the Homunculus Nebula as Paddy pointed out. For more interesting info from astrophysicist Prof Merrifield of Nottingham Uni / Sixty Symbols see:
The Amazing Eta Carinae - Sixty Symbols