Marie Lasater, Texas County coroner, answered 17 calls in August 2022.  There were 14 natural deaths, including due to cancer (4), heart disease/heart attack (3) due to congestive heart failure and COPD (3), due to stroke (1), pulmonary embolism (1) and due senile degeneration of the brain (2).

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