eli5: what is the natural way to die?

Question

I mean if u don’t die from a heart attack or something. If you die from aging how do you die? Do you just stop breathing?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Ultimately you die when your heart stops unless you get life support in time. It doesn’t just randomly decide “that’s it, I quit”, most of the time if an autopsy is done, it’s a heart attack. People can get one even with no specific complaints before they get to bed and could’ve woke up and noticed the pain before the heart stopped. People also can get a clot that stops their brain from getting oxygen. Some type of cancer can be ignored, commonly lung cancer, where people die thinking their coughing is just the usual daily pain they’re used to.