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Jerry Lewis died of end-stage heart disease – coroner
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLAS VEGAS — Authorities in Las Vegas say Jerry Lewis died of heart disease, but the wording of his death certificate differs from what was reported earlier.
Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg says the Jewish comedian’s official cause of death was end-stage cardiac disease and peripheral vascular disease.
Lewis was the clownish comic hailed as an artistic genius and the host for decades of annual muscular dystrophy telethons. He died Sunday of natural causes in Las Vegas at age 91.
Fudenberg says coroner deputies had been told Lewis died of ischemic cardiomyopathy.
— AP
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