"Four years after a stunning mishap where the SF Medical Examiner notified a family that their father had been declared dead, and then he turned up alive, the same man has, in fact, now died. It was exactly one year ago today when the Chronicle broke the story that a man who the SF Medical Examiner's Office had declared dead, and even sent his family the ashes, was actually still very much alive on the streets of San Francisco."
"And today the Chronicle reports that James Robinson is in fact now dead. His body was actually found back in February on a sidewalk near 16th and Mission streets, and he died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. He was 53. I will say we were able to go identify him this time so we do know for sure it's him, daughter Kylie Robinson told the Chronicle. She said she and her sister Khloe were able to view his body and say our goodbyes."
Four years after a mishap in which the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner mistakenly declared James Robinson dead and released ashes, Robinson was later found alive on the streets. An autopsy report proved the wrong body had been released. Robinson resisted family efforts to enter rehab. His body was found in February on a sidewalk near 16th and Mission streets; cause of death was an accidental fentanyl overdose at age 53. Daughters Kylie and Khloe Robinson identified his body and said goodbye. The medical examiner's office tightened identification policies, limiting visual identifications to immediate relatives, medical facilities, or mortuary services.
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