Famously Mark Twain said press reports of his death were exaggerated, but for an Albi man when the police said he was dead it led to more serious consequences. Pension payments suspended; bank account frozen; driving licence invalid; the whole panoply of administrative nightmares kicked in.
In fact Louis Palacios had allowed a homeless man to live in his caravan for some years and when his lifeless body was found neighbours assumed it was Louis and the police declared him to be deceased.
Now the late M Palacios has to go to court to overturn the death certificate, but it takes time and meantime he has to try to get by pretending to be alive.
You may find that media reports of deaths are not always correct (the boulanger lives on) but if the police say you are dead - you are!
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