19 times we see a character brought back from death in The Vampire Diaries

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3) Matt comes back to life

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Matt Donovan is known across The Vampire Diaries fandom for being the one person who made it to the end and stayed human. When Matt finds Elena after she escapes the boarding house, he tries to convince Elena not to feed on him. However, Elena does not listen to him and feeds on him anyway and stops when the Salvatore brothers intervene. Matt was wearing the Gilbert ring which resurrected him from the dead.