Given that we don't really have a precise definition of "alive", it should not be surprising that we are unable to tell the precise moment a person dies.

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lelag 3 days ago | parent [-]

Miracle Max gave us a clear definition if I recall, you die when you are "all dead", as long as you are mostly dead, you are slightly alive...

I'll let myself out now.

	▲	mr_toad 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		“ If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark “