UPdate has a fatal flaw

I just updated the game and I had the unfortunate dis-pleasure of having my main character die. I can no longer re-load a recently saved game. When ever i attempt to re-load my main character shows up dead and I get a message that i need to re-start the game. This little cavaet did not exist in the orginal version. Vety disappointed!

Rrhul about Baldur's Gate