[grey_whiskers]

I'm saying he was supposed to be alive, so that the ME wouldn't be issuing statements.

And he's a member of the same government which (choose one or more, depending on your conspiracy flavor)

a) let him die
b) helped him off himself
c) had him killed

[Jim Noble]

I vote for homicide.

However, his “representatives” seem kind of chill, so maybe he was suicidal and they knew it.