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A doctor and coroner is usually called to the home to pronounce the person dead and if the person died suddenly then an autopsy would have to be performed. If it was a lengthly illness and the person left instructions to die in their home then it would only take a doctor to pronounce the demise of the person. The ambulance will take the person away (an autopsy may or may not be done) and then the remains will go to a funeral home. In Canada the remains are left for 3 days. There have been a very few instances where the person had stopped breathing (or extreme shallow breathing) and did not die, so to be on the safe side they leave the remains for the three days before burial or in some cases cremation.

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