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TIL about one of the rare cases of the Lazarus Syndrome. Walter Williams, 78, from Lexington, Mississippi, declared by a coroner at his home on 26 February 2014. Once at a funeral home, he was found to be moving. The next day he was well enough to be talking with family, but died fifteen days later.

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