# Man, dead for 30 years, brought back to life!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 11, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dead-for-30-years-brought-back-to-life/786382 "2017-05-11T18:59:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dead-for-30-years-brought-back-to-life/786382/1 "2017-05-11T18:59:22Z")

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[Link. 😃](https://consumerist.com/2017/05/11/man-declared-dead-by-irs-for-29-years-kept-paying-taxes-anyway/)

Apparently, the Social Security Administration mistakenly declared a 4 year old boy was dead about 30 years ago, and refused to correct this small mistake. I guess going to school and paying taxes are things dead people do all the time. The straw that broke the dead camel’s back was the fact that the IRS was willing to tax dead people…but refused to issue them refunds. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dead-for-30-years-brought-back-to-life/786382/2 "2017-05-11T20:15:09Z")

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Reminds me of a college professor that claimed I was never in class and gave me an F even though I had all of my work turned in, graded and in his gradebook and had a B average.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dead-for-30-years-brought-back-to-life/786382/3 "2017-05-12T02:06:11Z")

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What did the senator [say](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VkrUG3OrPc) when intervening?