Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20160615123337/@comment-4646462-20160617030823

Memories and feelings can be transferred through the connection of chakra. That's the whole premise behind Ninshuu. So yes, with the right abilities, one can turn absorbed chakra into a clone.

Kakashi didn't die from losing all his chakra, he died from reaching a low enough point where life could not be sustained. Now the desiccated corpses littered around the Shinju, on the other hand, have been completely drained of chakra.