Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25294339-20141101162145/@comment-4685024-20141101231102

I do want to point out two things...

1. It was never stated that the user automatically dies, Konan just said that if Nagato used it in his state (i.e. after using so much chakra and energy in the Invasion of the Leaf) he would die, implying that he would be able to use Rinne Rebirth and live if not otherwise.

2. Nagato clearly stated that he can only revive the recently deceased, so he obviously not revive Rin, nor could he reveive Yahiko for he was not skilled in using the Rinnegan to its full potential when Yahiko died.