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New York woman found breathing at funeral home after being declared dead

This is the second time the US logged a premature death announcement of an elderly woman this month.
This is the second time the US logged a premature death announcement of an elderly woman this month. Photograph: Simon Webster/Alamy

An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home only to be found breathing three hours later at the funeral home where she had been taken, authorities said.

It was the second time in about a month something of the sort has happened in the US, according to officials.

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