A West End man yesterday died of natural causes in his home at the age of 184. Doctors initially listed the cause of death as heart disease, however an autopsy later showed that although there was considerable cholesterol build-up it was within safe limits. This is the first death of natural causes to be recorded on British soil in over 40 years and, although it does not earn the deceased the record for the oldest ever human being, scientists are claiming that it provides great insight into the increased life expectancy the medical advances of the last century have afforded the developed world.