Japanese actress Nakayama's death ruled accident while in bath

My wife has been distraught over this

How does one have an accident while seated in a bathtub?

Dang. You really never know. She went to take a bath as normal thing and never came out?

Condolences to the family.

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Pure accident just happen, glad in this case there is no innocent being held accused for someone death, rest in peace.

Probably some kind of an existing medical/genetic condition. I initially feared suicide or she'd slipped and hit her head. We know people who've died for that latter reason.

Official cause of death being an accident rules out pre-existing medical/genetic condition. What could have happened while she sat there?

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The media never report this but she had multiple Covid jabs.

You have less than zero knowledge about her medical and vaccine history.

Official cause of death being an accident rules out pre-existing medical/genetic condition

it does not rule out any medical/genetic condition that could be at the origin of the accident.

Japan leads the world in accidental bathtub deaths. I read this about 15 to 20 years ago.

Since the authorities and family refuse to give the cause, we can only speculate. I say heart attack or stroke caused by a sudden spike in temperature her that body was exposed to, given that she was seated in the bath when found.

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it does not rule out any medical/genetic condition that could be at the origin of the accident.

It does actually. If the coroner had found evidence of a medical condition then they would have listed the cause of death as pre-existing medical condition. A heart-attack or stroke (whether by sudden spike in body temperature or by lifestyle issues) are not listed as accident when a person dies from those conditions.

Wow 54 years old just starting to live.

Possibly she choked to death on a bite of food or vomit, or dropped an electrical appliance into the water.

As most people in Japan take a bath at night, is it safe to assume she died the previous evening, and was there in the bath all night? Regardless, tragic and horrible. I really liked Ms. Nakayama. RIP

I was not a fan of her singing, but I was a fan of hers. She was beautiful, seemed like a nice person so it is so sad to see her passing.