of/from natural causes

idiom

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

Examples of of/from natural causes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web O'Donnell, who was originally from Boston, died in 2019 of natural causes. Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 14 Apr. 2024 MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, his daughter, Alison MacNeil, told the Associated Press. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024 Cox, who is also named in the indictment against the Daybells and accused of being involved in the deaths of JJ, Tylee and Tammy Daybell, died from natural causes in 2019. Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024 Police were investigating claims that her brother, Alex Cox, shot his brother-in-law in self-defense when Cox died from natural causes months after the fatal shooting. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024 Vallow’s brother, Alex Cox, shot and killed her husband, Charles Vallow, in 2019, successfully claiming self-defense, and died himself later that year of natural causes. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024 In their examination, USDA researchers found rural Americans from the ages of 25 to 54 die from natural causes, like chronic diseases and cancer, at wildly higher rates than the same age group living in urban areas. Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024 Murray died of natural causes Friday night at his home in the View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood of L.A. County, his son Drew Murray told the Los Angeles Times. Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024 Murray died of natural causes Friday evening at his home in the View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles County, his son Drew Murray said. Gayle Pollard-Terry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024

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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 25 Apr. 2024.

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