I want to, as well. What I've found is that the desire to know ultimately doesn't matter. They're equally dead, regardless of cause :/

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I know I always want to know, when these things happen, what the cause of death is. So here's what the article says:

Brian Doherty, a longtime Reason senior editor and the leading historian of the libertarian movement, was found dead Friday morning after a fall the night before in Battery Yates park along the San Francisco Bay. He was 57.

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Brian Doherty, Historian of the Libertarian Movement, Dead at 57 (Reason mag)

I know I always want to know, when these things happen, what the cause of death is. So here's what the article says:

> Brian Doherty, a longtime Reason senior editor and the leading historian of the libertarian movement, was found dead Friday morning after a fall the night before in Battery Yates park along the San Francisco Bay. He was 57.