Overview
- Madsen’s personal cardiologist told NBC Los Angeles that heart failure will be listed as his official cause of death.
- Heart disease with alcoholism is cited as a contributing factor, and no autopsy or toxicology tests will be performed.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department closed its investigation, ruling the death natural with no suspicion of foul play.
- The 67-year-old actor was found unresponsive at his Malibu home on July 3 and pronounced dead at 8:25 a.m.
- In his final months, Madsen had been working toward sobriety and remained active on independent film projects and a forthcoming poetry collection.