AN ASTLEY man died as a result of natural causes, a coroners court has concluded.

Horace Butwell, of Sandhampton, was 82, when he died on Monday, September 8.

The court heard he had been unwell at his home where he died.

The medical causes of death were confirmed as congestive cardiac failure, ischaemic heart disease, coronary artery atheroma and unilateral pleural fibrosis and organising pleural effusion.