Overview
- Los Angeles County Medical Examiner records list the cause as sequelae of anoxic brain injury from hanging and rule the death a suicide.
- Carradine died in Los Angeles on Feb. 23 at age 71.
- The death certificate, obtained by TMZ and reported by multiple outlets, documents cremation with ashes to be scattered at sea.
- His family says he struggled with bipolar disorder for nearly two decades and has urged compassion and reduced stigma around mental illness.
- Director Connie Lamothe says he had been slated to start work on The Driver but stopped responding for about four weeks before his death.