NORRISTOWN (PA)
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By David Powell
Former Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died of natural causes, Montgomery County Coroner Walter I. Hofman said Thursday afternoon.
Hofman said he found no evidence of strangulation, suffocation, or other types of wounds or injuries on Bevilacqua’s body.
Bevilacqua was on several medications, which Hofman said were found in the body in expected amounts, allowing for irregularities caused by the introduction of embalming fluid. Bevilacqua’s body was examined after it had been prepared for interment by an Upper Darby funeral home.
The official cause of death was listed as arteriosclerotic heart disease, Hofman said.
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