Cause of Natural Death

[scytale]

what actually happens when someone is said to have died a natural death or died of old age?

[mith]

Usually they didn't find anything...like heart attacks etc.

[scytale]

but if its not heart attack, what is it? do the cells break down or something?

[kotoreru]

No no, there is no 'natural death'; everyone dies of something. For instance, two people could die of a heart attack. One person is 100 years old and their heart and associated arteries are simply too worn to cope with demand anymore. The other is 21 and has just overdosed on drugs (or somesuch).

The older person died of a 'natural' death because all other things were equal i.e. the same as in normal life.

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