At point point to we say some “died of old age” or “it was just their time” vs enumerating a specific cause like heart failure?

Question

At point point to we say some “died of old age” or “it was just their time” vs enumerating a specific cause like heart failure?

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Answer 1

When we get older, our organs start failing fairly unpredictably. It could be a liver, could be the heart, could be a kidney. Could be all of them. While we can generally identify exactly which problem caused the final part in death, renal failure for example, the fact is that any number of things could have done at any time. It’s just kinder to say “old age” than “had a massive heart attack”.