Los Angeles Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela died of septic shock, medical examiner says

📆 11/12/2024 10:37 PM

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📆 11/12/2024 10:37 PM
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Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month. That's according to his death certificate, which was acquired by TMZ on Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office listed septic shock as the immediate cause of death.

FILE - Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela speaks during a news conference ahead of his jersey retirement ceremony at a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies, Aug. 11, 2023, in Los Angeles . Fernando Valenzuela , the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, has died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Fernando Valenzuela ’s sons, Fernando Valenzuela Jr.

The medical examiner listed decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis as underlying causes. Also listed as a significant condition contributing to Valenzuela’s death was “probable” Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rapidly progressive brain disorder.

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