eli5 What does it mean when someone “dies of depression”?

Question

Does that mean they killed themselves? Kind of like we say someone died of cancer instead of multi-organ failure?

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Basically, you stop caring for yourself. My uncle lost his wife and he was a plump dude who looked like Santa. He stopped taking care of himself and lost incredible amount of weight. His body starved and his heart eventually failed.