Lost my items when dead

I died twice, my characters second body was found when i rejoined a world but not the original body which had all of my primary items. Lost a lidless wall etc. really pissed i lost some good items.

I am sorry to hear that Scotty. That is not a bug. The death mechanics in D2 (and D2R) are a bit harsh, and not really intuitive.

Here is the link to the original D2 website.

http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/basics/characters.shtml

You will want to read the whole thing, but here is a relevant bit for you.

Multiple Corpses/Losing Items!
A player may have up to 16 corpses.

Realm Characters: The corpse with the most gold value (in items) will be saved between games. So keep this in mind when putting on equipment to recover your corpse.

Your original body with your equipment should save unless you manage to equip yourself with a greater value of equipment, die, then leave the game.

Open Characters: Only your oldest corpse is saved between games. Make sure you go back and recover your original body with your equipment before leaving the game.

Warning on recovering your corpse
If you needed +Strength or +Dexterity items to equip other weapons or pieces of armor, you may have to re-equip these items manually. When you click on your corpse, the game attempts to re-equip your items to where they were before your death, but this depends largely on the order in which your items are picked up. For example, armor that requires more than your base Strength will not be equipped if the game attempts to place it before placing the item that increased your Strength enough to wear the armor. In this case, the armor will return to your inventory; if you do not have enough room, it will remain on the corpse. Check your inventory and make sure that all of your items have been re-equipped correctly.

Body Count
Having Difficulty recovering your corpse?
If you can’t find your corpse, or if it’s too dangerous to retrieve it with your current equipment, simply exit and re-enter the game. Your corpse, and all of its items, will appear near your starting point in town. The only drawback is that you will lose any gold your character dropped when he died and you will give up the chance to regain 75% of your lost experience on Nightmare and Hell Difficulty. This is a good option for Nightmare and Hell difficulties, in which death results in lost experience. The corpse will appear at your starting point, typically near the point where Town Portals appear in town: In Lut Gholein, this area is at the bottom right of town. In Kurast, it is next to Meshif. You should be able to find your corpse easily if you explore the town.

Character Saving/Loading and Corpses
Periodically, Battle.net will automatically save every character playing in every Diablo II game. Your character will also be saved when you choose “Save and Exit Game” from the ‘Esc’ menu. If you die and leave a game without retrieving your corpse, it will be placed in town at the beginning of the next game you join or start.

Note: MVPs are other players, not Blizz staff. MVPs do not speak for Blizzard or represent Blizzard.

Sorry to hear about that as well. I also lost all of my gear due to a known bug. Asked blizzard and this is the response that I got.

I had 2 minutes ago funny situation . I saved game with 18 health remain . Then i load and i lost expierience and money , its like i died , but i didnt , im sure , and my all equipment is with me , so its 100 % bug .