In our village, people used to die of old age only and not due to any health problems. Village doctors used plant based medicine and treat the common illness such as fever or broken bones. This was in the 60's and 70's.
My grandfather just went to sleep one night and never woke up. Mid 70's. It's clearly for 'some' reason but it wasn't some long drawn out illness like cancer or some sort of progressive congestive heart failure. Everyone just chalks that up to old age.
So probably things like aneurysm, burst artery in the brain, heart attack, blood clots arriving to lungs and so on.
But then there is also this shutdown where body starts switching off organs one by one, and hospital personnel know this well since its visible to trained eye, and known as time of no return. My grandfather went away like that.
It's a bit of a facetious question, hence the downvotes, but I do think you have a point. You die of something - perhaps they're saying that people simply just... ran out of life/energy/steam and pass in their sleep? It does seem like the ideal situation.
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In our village, people used to die of old age only and not due to any health problems. Village doctors used plant based medicine and treat the common illness such as fever or broken bones. This was in the 60's and 70's.
What age were they when they died?
How does one die of old age?
My grandfather just went to sleep one night and never woke up. Mid 70's. It's clearly for 'some' reason but it wasn't some long drawn out illness like cancer or some sort of progressive congestive heart failure. Everyone just chalks that up to old age.
So probably things like aneurysm, burst artery in the brain, heart attack, blood clots arriving to lungs and so on.
But then there is also this shutdown where body starts switching off organs one by one, and hospital personnel know this well since its visible to trained eye, and known as time of no return. My grandfather went away like that.
Yeah I'm not familiar with that way but it makes sense!
Old age is rough but I would rather go out that way than a long drawn out terminal illness.
It's a bit of a facetious question, hence the downvotes, but I do think you have a point. You die of something - perhaps they're saying that people simply just... ran out of life/energy/steam and pass in their sleep? It does seem like the ideal situation.