Overview

• Emergency responders in Malibu arrived after a 911 call on July 3, declared Madsen dead at 8:25 a.m. and ruled out violence or external factors.
• The coroner’s certificate attributes his cardiac arrest to cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, thromboembolic disease and chronic alcoholism.
• His cardiologist corroborated that heart failure was aggravated by existing conditions and long-term alcohol use; no autopsy was conducted.
• Madsen had maintained sobriety for several months and was battling severe depression prior to his death.
• Los Angeles County authorities closed the inquiry with no further inquests pending and have released the full report publicly.