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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'has been dead' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that someone has been dead for a certain amount of time. For example, "My grandfather has been dead for five years now."
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She has been dead two years.
It has been dead for some time.
"This area has been dead".
He has been dead for 43 years.
He has been dead since 1992.
Winehouse has been dead since 2011.
He has been dead a while.
Moon has been dead for 34 years.
It has been dead for two years now and, slightly oddly, has been dead before.
Hugo has been dead for a year and a half.
Except that Mr. Cobain has been dead for 17 years.
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