pronounce somebody dead

Customs and cultures pronounced officially dead have, however, a way of stirring again long after their supposed interment.

He'd been identified, pronounced dead, and shipped off to the morgue.

Althea Brown, 33, was found unconscious on the third floor and later pronounced dead.

Officials identified the man pronounced dead at the scene as Henry King.

He pronounced dead at the scene.

Allen Grammer was the first man to be electrocuted by the State of Nebraska, pronounced dead at 3:24 pm.

Givens, 37 years old, died on the way to the hospital early on June 6, pronounced dead on arrival at 12:40 am.

Brown was unresponsive at the scene and later pronounced dead.

He had married someone else after Voyager was lost in the Delta quadrant and its crew pronounced dead.

"Pick me up a tombstone - girl had me pronounced dead."