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Doctor explains Pope Francis' cause of death

Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, died Monday morning at 88. The Vatican says he died of a cerebral stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible heart failure. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook explains.
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