[@Double] also worth noting that the Earth Dragon Balls can only bring someone back to life once. Which was why Yamcha dying to the Saibaman was such a big deal because he had already died once and couldn't be resurrected a second time.

Actually, that might have been the whole reason they went to Namek in the first place? Since their Dragon Balls were stronger and could be used to resurrect people multiple times? I don't know, it's been a while.