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Not always. There are people who die and come back to life.   I didn't officially die.  But to my consciousness I thought I did. 
When I was 8, I fell in a frozen lake and I almost froze to death.  I can remember letting go of my will to live,  And accepting the peacefulness of the darkness as I Went to sleep not expecting to wake backup.   I can remember letting go of my hold on life.  I can remember The relief of choosing the peace of oblivion.  Felt like My consciousness completely detached from my body.   
Felt like I was abruptly thrown back into my body, As I suddenly woke up to my dad putting dry clothes on me and Desperately trying to warm me up.   Something shifted changed in me after that.    I've lost consciousness before and it felt completely different.  This time it felt like my spirit got severed from my body.   And then it was hastily reattached, But the seal that kept my spirit in place was broken.    And I can sense that discrepancy, Don't really know what it is or what it means.  
No I did not die.   However, to 8 year old me,  I died when I let myself fall asleep.  I felt weird when I woke up.  I was alive but I didn't feel fully alive.   I felt numb.  Emotionally numb and physically numb.  My core froze.  I could no longer warm myself up, Or keep myself warm.  I was cold and shivering all the time I'd wear Winter hats in the summer.   
It's so hard to explain It's like I felt I was dead but still living in my body.  In a way it felt like it was a mistake that I was alive.   I was usually in a constant battle with myself.
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I was dead for 2 1/2 minutes when I was 13. So, while it's true that death has only happened to me once in my life so far, it's very likely that my overall total will be higher. >

Terrible kdr >

You don't know me! >

Technically death is the end of life and therefor death is a null in a lifetime event (unless revived) >

Well said, reminds me of: “Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.” - Epicurus, Greek Philosopher