While I don't know the exact cause of his death. Anytime someone implies he took his own life on social media. Those close to the situation immediately refute that, and several have stated it was an aneurysm. So suicide can be ruled out IMO, I'm mentioning that because I saw a few posts saying, "check on your friends", when he passed away. While that is good advice in general, because none of us know when we're leaving here. It appears Whitaker's death was just a freak thing that just happens sometimes, and wasn't related to mental health.