YOU SAID:
Last I heard you died.
INTO JAPANESE
最後にあなたが死んだと聞きました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Finally I heard you were dead.
INTO JAPANESE
お前が死んだと聞いたが。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I heard you were dead.
INTO JAPANESE
お前が死んだと聞いたが。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I heard you were dead.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.