Pete Rose died of natural causes, the coroner's office said

Pete Rose died of natural causes, the Clark County coroner's office in Nevada said Tuesday, a day after baseball's all-time hitter died at his home in Las Vegas at age 83.

In the opinion of the forensic pathologist Melanie Rouse, the causes were identified as “hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases with significant diabetes mellitus”.

Hypertension is better known as high blood pressure. Atherosclerosis is hardening of the arteries due to plaque buildup, according to the Cleveland Clinic website.

A day before his death, Rose attended a collector's show in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was photographed in a wheelchair alongside former Cincinnati Reds teammates Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez, George Foster and Dave Concepcion.

In his 24-year major league career with the Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos, Rose scored 4,256 hits, surpassing the mark previously held by Ty Cobb. Rose is also the sport's all-time leader with 3,562 games played and 14,053 at bats.

Rose ranks sixth on the all-time runs list with 2,165 runs. He achieved a career batting average of .303 with an on-base percentage of .375, a slugging percentage of .409, 160 home runs, 198 stolen bases, 746 doubles and 1,314 RBIs.

As a player, he won three World Series championships. Rose was a Reds player/manager from 1984 to 1986 and continued to manage the club until he received a lifetime ban from the Major Leagues for playing baseball in 1989.

Rose denied the gambling allegations until she finally admitted them in a 2004 book. He sought to be reinstated to the MLB, but that never happened, so he remains ineligible for induction into the Hall of Fame.