death certificate
noun
: an official document that gives information about a person's death (such as when and how the death happened)
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Johnny and Aaron Matthews spent years haranguing the county just to finally get a redacted copy of their sister’s death certificate in 2018.
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Rudd ultimately changed the manner of death on Ben's death certificate from homicide to undetermined.
—Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
An Los Angeles County death certificate obtained by Deadline indicates that Amos died of congestive heart failure at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, on August 21 at 5:18 p.m. PT.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ and reviewed by PEOPLE, the Alice star died after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest with lung cancer as an underlying cause.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Rudd ultimately changed the manner of death on Ben's death certificate from homicide to undetermined.
—Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
An Los Angeles County death certificate obtained by Deadline indicates that Amos died of congestive heart failure at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, on August 21 at 5:18 p.m. PT.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ and reviewed by PEOPLE, the Alice star died after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest with lung cancer as an underlying cause.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Death certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20certificate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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