Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba a.k.a Mohbad passed as a result of "ear infection"

 

According to several sources, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba a.k.a Mohbad passed as a result of "ear infection" then those same sources later changed it to just "infection." All speculations really. 

Hypothetically, can someone really pass on as a result of ear infection? Doctors?