natural death

US actress Michelle Trachtenberg died a natural death from complications caused by diabetes, according to the New York City medical examiner's office.

“A natural death would have been less painful for us, the humans watching, as he started to flourish in the wild,” Tiana Williams-Claussen, the tribe’s wildlife department director, said in a statement.

Nearly all of those who requested assisted dying - around 96% - had a foreseeable natural death.

The remaining 4% were granted euthanasia due to having a long-term chronic illness and where a natural death was not imminent.

A report released in October by Ontario - Canada's most populous province - has since shed some light on controversial cases where people were granted assisted dying when they were not nearing their natural death.