what does it really mean when someone dies of ‘natural causes’?

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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 think of it like this

Imagine someone spend their entire teens, 20s and 30s being a heroin junky coal minor. But they are totally clean and working in an office by their mid 40s.

Then, at 56 they die, due to a build up of wear and tear caused by their unhealthy youth.

That would be natural causes to me. Because nothing specific caused it. It wasn’t OD, it wasn’t black lung or a cave collapse. It was natural causes.

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