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UPDATE:
According to the Kern County coroner a postmortem examination was performed and True's cause of death is a stab wound to the chest and the manner is homicide.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Kern County Coroner's Office says an 83-year-old man who was assaulted earlier this month died about a week after the assault.
Ronald Lynn True was assaulted on July 16 on Clark Avenue, just off South H Street and Wilson Road.
The coroner's office says True died Tuesday.
