death

Death refers to the termination of all biological processes that sustain life within an organism. All living things that survive various natural hazards will eventual perish from senescence, or the biological process of aging. Changes associated with aging include a declining ability of the organism to respond to stress and adapt to their environment, increased homeostatic imbalance, weakened bodily functions, as well as an elevated risk of age-associated illnesses.

Old age is not typically recognized as a cause of death, especially in humans, since there is always some health related immediate cause, such as cancer or cardiovascular disease. However, the incidence of age-related illnesses increases dramatically as an individual ages. Signs of death in humans and animals include cardiac arrest; cessation of breathing; paleness (palor mortis), which settles in within 15 to 120 minutes after death; postmortem lividity (livor mortis), or the settling of the blood in the lower part of the body; a steady decrease in body temperature (algor mortis); stiffness of the limbs (rigor mortis); and eventually decomposition.

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• Niger president says attackers came from Libya

  
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• Niger president says attackers came from Libya

  
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  Nigers president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run uranium mine came from southern Libya. President Mahamadou Issoufou told reporters Saturday the death toll now stands at 35, including 24 soldiers, one employee of French nuclear giant ...
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• Michael Jackson Needs ‘A Shrink & A Trainer’ His ‘This Is It’ Stage Manager Said Just Days Before He Died

  
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  Michael Jackson ‘s deteriorating condition was a cause of grave concern to his This Is It   stage manager in the days before the singer’s death. “I have watched him deteriorate in front of my eyes over the last eight weeks,” John Hougdahl wrote in an email to AEG executive Randy Phillips on June 19, 2009. ...
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  Craig Ferguson seems to have a special liking for conversation with Stephen Fry. Previously . On Wednesday night, Stephen was back on the Late Late Show as the only guest. The naturally wide-ranging discussion includes Arthur Conan Doyle, America, mortality, religion, philosophy, science, homosexuality, Wagner, and ...
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• No More Wars : 10 Reasons George Lucas Should Have Quit After Jedi

  
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• AVENGED SEVENFOLD Announce European Tour with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH & DEVICE

  
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• China Is Shocked By The Death of a 2-Year Old. Why?

  
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  That kid got run over twice and those people just did nothing! We should denounce the People’s Republic of China. They are evil. They are malignant. They are materialists who have no value for human life what so ever. They could totally care less about someone else’s kids. Or not unless hypocrisy is the bow vice ...
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• DC cop says threat to assassinate Michelle Obama was “just a joke”

  
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• Our Love Become a Funeral Pyre

  
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• Morning Docket: 05.24.13

  
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• Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74 from cancer

  
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  Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74 from cancer via Rickey.org Publicist: Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74 from cancer Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release ...
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• Arizona killer Jodi Arias set to take stand in defense of her life

  
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• Jury weighs possible death sentence for Arizona killer Jodi Arias

  
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  DatzHott.com - "Where Everything Cool is Hott!" By Alastair Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC News Jodi Arias, the woman convicted of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover in Arizona, was due back in court Monday as jurors consider whether she should be executed for the crime. Jury finds Jodi Arias guilty of ...
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• R.I.P. Ray Manzarek Founding Member of The Doors

  
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  This is so sad. Ray was a true classic rock innovator of the 60s and gave The Doors their signature sound. Some say he was the best keyboardist of the period. For me its hard to say since they flamed out pretty early with Jims death. But, no doubt about it, Ray was a unique and inventive musician. I loved his work. ...
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• Ray Manzarek — Legendary Rock Club Whisky a Go Go Honoring Doors Death

  
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