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If you were still married on the date of death, you have the choice of filing Married Filing Jointly or Separately. 

 

If your spouse died in 2021, you should also file jointly with your late spouse unless you remarried in 2021. In that case, you'd file a joint return with your new spouse and file your deceased spouse's return as Married Filing Separately.

 

You can see this IRS Chart for further clarification.