Apparently this is what Sinead O’Connor died of, it’s just been announced. But how is a 56 year old just dying in any way natural in this day and age?
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I am not saying this is how she died, but…
Imagine an addict, years of drugs and booze, that just wears down their body, so it’s as worn out and broken down as a 95 year old.
One day a part of that body fails to keep up. The heart pumps a bit too slow, the liver stops processing, whatever. A chain of events happens and the whole system just winds down and collapses.
It’s not a suicide, it’s not a murder. It’s *sort of* from a bad lifestyle, but it’s not even an overdose or alcohol poisoning. It’s just that a body that’s not longer capable of functioning stops functioning.
Sure – there’s probably *some* root cause in the moment, maybe technically a heart attack, or kidney failure or whatever. But at that point, it’s just that the entire system is brittle and about to fall over, and it finally failed.
Imagine a bridge made of bricks. One brick falls out, no problem. Then another, and another, and another. One day you just lose too many, and that bridge collapses. Would you say “the cause was clearly brick 23,453 being removed?” Or would you just say the bridge finally collapsed due to ongoing natural deterioration?
That’s more or less natural causes. Sure, *something* caused it, but it was just something that was naturally bound to happen at some point soon, regardless of external factors.
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