Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s death certificate released Monday lists a pulmonary embolism as the immediate cause of death with rectal cancer as the underlying cause.
- The document states she died at a Santa Monica hospital within hours of symptom onset on Jan. 30 at age 71.
- Los Angeles Fire Department responders transported her from her Brentwood home at 4:48 a.m. in serious condition after reports of breathing difficulties.
- The certificate notes she was cremated and that her remains were released to her husband, Robert “Bo” Welch.
- The record indicates she had been living with rectal cancer for months and follows earlier agency statements that she died at home after a brief illness.