# John Travolta's Son Dies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travoltas-son-dies/479648>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 3, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travoltas-son-dies/479648 "2009-01-03T00:12:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travoltas-son-dies/479648/161 "2009-01-07T17:22:18Z")

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One thing that I found odd was that the funeral directors were confirming the cause of death-morticians do NOT do post-mortems.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travoltas-son-dies/479648/162 "2009-01-07T18:06:24Z")

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No, but they do see death certificates, which do list the official cause of death.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-travoltas-son-dies/479648/163 "2009-01-07T21:12:21Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> No, but they do see death certificates, which do list the official cause of death.

Of course they do. But the coroner had already commented-so what was the point? The mortician it seems, made it sound like he had been the one to do the post-mortem exam.

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