You’re still dead, Ohio court tells man trying to overturn death filing

[Irving]

Why wouldn't he have his original social?

[james_bond_007]

Why wouldn't he have his original social?

The SS#, per se, wouldn't go away.
I would have concerns that when filling out a W-4, an application for a DL, income taxes, etc. that eventually "errors" would pop up indicating the SS# is "invalid".
I believe that part (I say part, not all) of the reason to have a death certificate is to log the deceased as invalid to vote, end their collecting of SS benefits, etc.

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