Several people have and of course they are all dead.

Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due

Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could
modify it
by adding 'near' as a prefix.

course, but would like to give a few others a chance to guess what I'm
driving at (this isn't some sort of joke BTW).
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but you can be clinicaly death and restarted can't you? so does fatal imply
permenent death or can it be temporary?
Pat


The original poster must be a journalist.

Our newspaper this morning has a story about two men who were
"Electrocuted" in an industrial accident. They were treated and released
from hospital!

Dave