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What Exactly Does It Mean to Die from 'Natural Causes'?
« on: October 31, 2017, 03:33:18 pm »
What Exactly Does It Mean to Die from 'Natural Causes'?
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer | October 26, 2017 02:25pm ET

 

Legendary musician Fats Domino died this week at age 89, and officials reported his death was due to "natural causes." But what exactly does it mean to die from natural causes?

In simple terms, natural causes refer to internal factors — like a medical condition or a disease — as opposed to external factors, like trauma from an accident. In other words, natural causes could be anything from cancer to heart disease to diabetes.

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