of/from natural causes

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: because of old age or an illness

He died of/from natural causes.

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By 2019, however, prime-age adults (aged 25–54) in rural areas were 43 percent more likely to die from natural causes such as chronic diseases. —

Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 Zimmer was previously married but his wife, Vikki died unexpectedly of natural causes on Oct. 8., 2009 at the age of 50, per the Minnesota Star Tribune. —

Clare Fisher, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 About 20 inmates have been removed from death row and received different sentences after successful appeals, while others have died of natural causes. —

Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025 Wood, who was born Alfred Jesse Smith, died Friday of natural causes at his home in Moreno Valley, his manager and assistant Manny Gallegos confirmed to Variety. —

Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for of/from natural causes

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