21.  A postmortem showed the cause of her death to be pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria.

22.  A postmortem was ordered to try to ascertain the cause of death.

23.  A pregnancy undertaken at a time of serious illness or death of a family member will bear added stress.

24.  A second inquest in February returned a verdict of death by misadventure.

25.  A skydiver plunged to his death yesterday when his parachute failed to open.

26.  A snake bite was the cause of death.

27.  A social worker was found stabbed to death in her office last night.

28.  A ubiquitous process that starts immediately after death is of course Decay, which in small mammals progresses very quickly.