Overview
- A death certificate released by the L.A. County Department of Public Health lists atrial fibrillation and pulmonary hypertension as contributing conditions.
- The document confirming the cause was obtained and reported by outlets including TMZ and the New York Daily News.
- Carter was found dead on Jan. 9 during a welfare check at his home in Duarte, California.
- His brother said he appeared to have a head injury at the scene and had been managing diabetes and ongoing heart issues.
- The veteran performer, best known as Nauls in John Carpenter’s The Thing, maintained a decades-long career across film and television.