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Michael Madsen cremated, more details about actor's death emerge

Jami Ganz, New York Daily News on

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Actor Michael Madsen was cremated this week following his death earlier his month, about which more details are now emerging.

A number of conditions, including cardiomyopathy — which makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood throughout the body — along with coronary artery disease and chronic alcoholism all contributed to the cardiac arrest that ultimately killed the 67-year-old “Kill Bill” star, according to a death certificate issued by Los Angeles County Medical Examiner and obtained by TMZ on Thursday.

Thromboembolic disease, when vessels or arteries are blocked by blood clots, was also identified as a significant contributing factor.

The death certificate shows that Madsen, who’d reportedly gotten sober in recent months, died less than two months after undergoing coronary angiography, which uses X-rays to look at the heart’s blood vessels, per Mayo Clinic.

Madsen’s manager Ron Smith previously confirmed to NBCLA that Madsen died at his Malibu, California, home on July 3 from cardiac arrest.

 

Days later, Madsen’s cardiologist told the outlet that heart disease and alcoholism would be listed as contributing factors to his heart failure.

Sister and fellow actor, Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen, remembered her big brother as “half legend, half lullaby” — “etched in contradiction, tempered by love that left its mark.”

Madsen is survived by four children, including his son Christian, who is also an actor. He was predeceased by one of his sons, Hudson, who died by suicide in 2022.


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