of/from natural causes

idiom

: because of old age or an illness
He died of/from natural causes.

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He was denied parole 12 times and died of natural causes on Nov. 19, 2017, at age 83. Emily Krauser, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025 Both died from natural causes, Heather Jarrell, chief medical examiner at the medical investigator’s office, said. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025 Actor Gene Hackman was found to have died likely a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa, with both determined to have died of natural causes, autopsies revealed on Friday. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025 Perla Tabares Hantman, a long-time Miami-Dade County school board member known as a tough-as-nails yet compassionate leader with an uncompromising commitment to education, died Tuesday from natural causes at the University of Miami Hospital. Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for of/from natural causes

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“Of/from natural causes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%2Ffrom%20natural%20causes. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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