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

The idea that we’re fated to die and that it just happens is itself going away. There’s always a specific reason, and we’re getting better at identifying it. If the person was 95 and suffered heart failure, it’s appropriate to say “died of old age” because basically, your organs have already severely degraded and the heart was just the first to go.

But I have confidence that modern medicine will solve aging soon, and we won’t be so chill about old people dying anymore.