Officers were called at 7.32am on March 26, after receiving reports of an unconscious male who was not breathing on the footpath near Lord Street.
A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police said: “A 63 year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
“There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and his family have been informed.”
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