Overview
- Speaking on CNN’s All There Is with Anderson Cooper, Bryan said clinicians described his sister’s 2007 passing as sudden death syndrome and rejected online misinformation.
- Bryan recalled Kelly collapsed at home while doing laundry, describing the moment as if a switch had been turned off.
- He said typical autopsy findings for a 39-year-old—such as an aneurysm, embolism, or blood clot—were not present, leaving the cause undetermined.
- Bryan noted a “pretty severe” orbital bone injury that suggested she may have fainted and fallen, adding that her chances might have been better if someone had been there.
- He also reflected on family repercussions, including he and his wife taking in Kelly’s three children after their father died in 2014, and remembered her support at his 2007 Grand Ole Opry debut.