Levert died of natural causes

The R&B; singer Sean Levert, who died at age 39 after falling ill in jail, suffered from a variety of ailments and died of natural causes, the county coroner in Cleveland ruled Thursday.

The 39-year-old Levert, a member of the 1980s R&B; trio LeVert and son of lead O’Jays singer Eddie Levert, died March 31 at a hospital after he was taken from the Cuyahoga County jail. He was serving a 22-month sentence for failure to pay child support.

Levert’s family had questioned officials’ account that Levert had been acting strangely and was restrained before he fell ill. But in his ruling, County Coroner Frank Miller ruled out foul play or trauma.