POLICE have identified a man who died shortly after collapsing in a Rowhedge graveyard.

The man was found not breathing by dog walkers and church goers, in Church Hill at 9am on Sunday morning.

He was rushed to hospital but died shortly after.

Later that day, he was reported missing by his family who lived locally and it has been established that he was a 73-year-old who lived in the village.

The death is not being treated as suspicious.

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