Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner listed atrial fibrillation and pulmonary hypertension as contributing conditions to the heart failure.
- Deputies discovered Carter on January 9 after relatives requested a welfare check when they had not heard from him.
- Carter's brother, Harold, said the actor had diabetes and ongoing heart problems and was found with an apparent head injury near a marble table.
- County officials released the ruling on February 5, providing the first official determination of cause of death.
- Carter was widely known for roles in The Thing, Space Jam, and Punky Brewster, as colleagues and his publicist shared tributes to his career and character.