A music teacher died as he sat with a cup of coffee and a cigarette, an Oxford inquest heard yesterday.
Ceri Williams, 37, of Austin Drive, Banbury, was found sitting in an armchair, by his partner of 13 years, Paulus Sebastion-Numarco.
Mr Sebastion-Numarco said he discovered Mr Williams's body at about 2.25pm on January 13.
Dr Godman Greywoode, pathologist at The Horton Hospital, Banbury, said no serious toxins or abnormalities were found.
After hearing evidence from Mr Williams's GP, Dr Douglas Boyle, about suspected heart murmurs between 1979 and 1981, Dr Greywoode said this could have been a contributory factor in the death. Oxfordshire coroner Nicholas Gardiner said there was no reasonable explanation for the death, and recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.
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